Owenodon hoggii Owenodon

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Owenodon 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Asia · Spain · United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Owenodon is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur known from a partial lower jaw discovered in Early Cretaceous-aged rocks of Dorset, United Kingdom, and possibly also Romania and Spain. The first and only definitive specimen was found in the Lulworth Formation of the Purbeck Limestone Group, dating to the middle Berriasian stage.

It was first described by Richard Owen as a species of Iguanodon, I. hoggii, honouring naturalist A.J. Hogg who had originally collected the fossil. Owen described the mandible as it was, partially embedded in a limestone block, but it was given to the Natural History Museum, London where it was accessioned as NHMUK PV R 2998 and further prepared. Some damage occurred to a tooth crown and part of the bone while stored in the collections. Redescription of I.

What we know

  • Named by (Owen, 1874).
  • Fossils found in Asia and Spain.