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PHYLLODON
(fy-lo-don)
meaning: "leaf tooth"
Phyllodon
Named By: Richard A. Thulborn in 1973
Time Period: Late Jurassic
Location: Portugal - Alcobaca Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains. However upon the basis of comparison of the lower jaws to other similarly sized noeornithischians, Phyllodon would have been somewhere between 1-2- meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Lower jaws and teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Neoornithishcia |
About

Phyllodon (meaning "leaf tooth") was a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian-age Upper Jurassic Guimarota Formation of Leiria, Portugal. It may have been closely related to contemporaneous dinosaurs in North America.

This genus is known from teeth and possibly partial lower jaws. The name is also in use for a genus of modern moss, but this is not considered to be a problem because the two organisms are in two different kingdoms.

Read more about Phyllodon at Wikipedia
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