Lophorhothon

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DV-0185Mooreville Chalk Fm., Alabama

Lophorhothon

DV-0185 · type species Lophorhothon atopus

Lived
86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 4.5 m (15 ft)
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
United States
Named by
Langston 1960

Field notes

About Lophorhothon

Lophorhothon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Lophorhothon, from Alabama. Its fossils come from the Mooreville Chalk Formation. It was named by Langston in 1960.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Lophorhothon: about 4.5 m (15 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ornithopod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W. Langston. 1960. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part VI. The dinosaurs. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(6):315-361