Genus
Valid Extinct

Owenodon

Galton 2009

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Owenodon
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Owenodon hoggii holotype NHMUK PV R 2998 in lateral view. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Owenodon Genus
Measurements
Length
5 m ⓘ
Owenodon hoggii
Mass
500 kg ⓘ
Owenodon hoggii
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3
🇷🇴 Romania
3
Geological formations
Lower Bauxite
3
Lulworth
2
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
5
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Owenodon hoggii 149 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton. 2009. Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" - and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28(1):211-273
Bibliography (3)
P. M. Galton. 2009. Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" - and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28(1):211-273
D. B. Norman and P. M. Barrett. 2002. Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:161-189
R. Owen. 1874. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Supplement no. V. Dinosauria (Iguanodon). [Wealden and Purbeck.]. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1873:1-18 DOI ↗