Cerapoda Dinosauria Europe Genasauria Iguanodontia Late Cretaceous Neornithischia Ornithischia Ornithopoda Rhabdodontidae Rhabdodontomorpha

Rhabdodon priscus

Dinosaur: Rhabdodon priscus

Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma

Type: Ornithopod

*Length:**	5.1 m	16.7 ft
*Weight:**	380 kg	838 lb

ESR: 4 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Europe

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Matheron
Year: 1869

Distribution

Area: Europe
Country: France, Spain
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, Aragon, Catalonia, Castile and León
Formation: "Lacustrine marls", Marnes Rouges Inferieures, Gres de Saint-Chinian, Argiles et Grès à Reptiles, Gres de Labarre, Arén, Tremp, Unnamed units

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Neornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Rhabdodontomorpha
Rhabdodontidae

Sources

Material: Many individuals (problematic).
References: Norman, D.B. (2004). Basal Iguanodontia. [w]: David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska (red.): "The Dinosauria". Ősi, A., Prondvai, E., Butler, R. & Weishampel, D.B. (2012) Phylogeny, Histology and Inferred Body Size Evolution in a New Rhabdodontid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. Chanthasit, P. (2010). “The ornithopod dinosaur Rhabdodon from the Late Cretaceous of France : anatomy, systematics and paleobiology".

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