Obelignathus Obelignathus

"Obelix jaw"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Obelignathus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
France
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Obelignathus (meaning “Obelix jaw”) is an extinct genus of rhabdodontomorph ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous ‘Grès à Reptiles’ Formation of France. The genus contains a single species, O. septimanicus, known from a right dentary. The species was initially classified as a species of the coeval Rhabdodon.

What we know

  • Named by Czepiński & Madzia, 2025.
  • Fossils found in France.