Echinodon
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Echinodon
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- Lived
- 143 to 137 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom and France
- Named by
- Owen 1861
Field notes
About Echinodon
Echinodon was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 137 million years ago. It belongs to the family Heterodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Echinodon, from United Kingdom and France. Its fossils come from the Lulworth Formation. It was named by Owen in 1861.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Heterodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Part V. Lacertilia (Nuthetes, etc.). [Purbeck]. The Palaeontological Society, London 1858:31-39