Cardiodon
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Cardiodon
DV-0008 · type species Cardiodon rugulosus
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Owen 1841
Field notes
About Cardiodon
Cardiodon was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Cardiodon, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Forest Marble Formation. It was named by Owen in 1841.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Owen. 1841. Odontography; or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth; Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development, and Microscopic Structure, in the Vertebrate Animals. Part II. Dental System of Reptiles