Craspedodon
| Craspedodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Tooth from the holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Infraorder: | †Neoceratopsia (?) |
| Genus: | †Craspedodon Dollo, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| †Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo, 1883
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Craspedodon (meaning 'edge tooth') is an extinct genus of ornithischian dinosaur, possibly a ceratopsian. It lived during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian stage, around 85 million years ago), in what is now Belgium. Only a few teeth have ever been found, which were described as similar to those of Iguanodon. Craspedodon lonzeensis, described by Louis Dollo in 1883,[1] is the type species, although it is considered a nomen dubium since it is based on fragmentary material (teeth only). It was long thought to be an iguanodontian, but a 2007 restudy suggested that it was actually a neoceratopsian, perhaps closer to Ceratopsoidea than Protoceratopsidae. If the reidentification is correct, Craspedodon would be the first neoceratopsian known from Europe.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Dollo, L., 1883, "Note sur les restes de dinosauriens rencontrées dans le Crétacé supérieure de la Belgique", Bulletin du Musée royale d' Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 2: 205-221
- ^ Godefroit, Pascal; Lambert, Olivier (2007). "A re-appraisal of Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo, 1883 from the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium: the first record of a neoceratopsian dinosaur in Europe?". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre. 77: 83–93.
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- Ceratopsians
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