Choyrodon
Field photograph to come
Choyrodon
DV-1019 · type species Choyrodon barsboldi
- Lived
- 110 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Gates et al. 2018
Field notes
About Choyrodon
Choyrodon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 101 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Choyrodon, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Khuren Dukh Formation. It was named by Gates et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Iguanodontia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. A. Gates, K. Tsogtbaatar, and L. E. Zanno, T. Chinzorig, M. Watabe. 2018. A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. PeerJ 6:e5300:1-50