Summary
Craspedodon (meaning 'edge tooth') is an extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Glauconie de Lonzée Formation of Belgium. Only a single species, C. lonzeensis, is known.[1]
| Craspedodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Tooth from the holotype of C. lonzeensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Infraorder: | †Neoceratopsia (?) |
| Genus: | †Craspedodon Dollo, 1883 |
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| †Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo, 1883
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Discovery and naming edit
The holotype, specimen IRSNB R. 58, which consists of two teeth, the paratype, specimen IRSN R 105, a tooth, and a referred specimen, IRSN R 59, a tooth, were all discovered in the Glauconie de Lonzée Formation, in Belgium.[2]
The teeth were initially compared to those of Iguanodon, and the species Craspedodon lonzeensis was named and described by Louis Dollo in 1883,[1] although it is considered a nomen dubium.[2]
Classification edit
Craspedodon was long thought to be an iguanodontian, but Godefroit & Lambert (2007) suggested that it was actually a neoceratopsian, perhaps closer to Ceratopsoidea than Protoceratopsidae.[2]
If the reidentification is correct, Craspedodon would be the first neoceratopsian known from Europe.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Dollo, L., (1883), "Note sur les restes de dinosauriens rencontrées dans le Crétacé supérieure de la Belgique", Bulletin du Musée royale d' Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 2: 205-221
- ^ a b c d Godefroit, Pascal; Lambert, Olivier (2007). "A re-appraisal of Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo, 1883 from the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium: the first record of a neoceratopsian dinosaur in Europe?". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre. 77: 83–93.