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Dinosaur: Echinodon becklesii
Cretaceous: 145–139.8 Ma

Length*: | 65 cm | 2.1 ft |
Weight*: | 0.3 kg | 1 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian
Years: 145–139.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Owen
Year: 1861
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Lulworth
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skull, referred other skull bones and teeth.
References: Sereno (2012) Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs.
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