Matheronodon

DV-0988

Lived: 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ornithopods
Found in: France
Named by: Godefroit et al. 2017

Field notes

About Matheronodon

Matheronodon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Matheronodon, from France. It was named by Godefroit et al. in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Rhabdodontoidea.

ZalmoxesLate Cretaceous
MochlodonLate Cretaceous
PareisactusLate Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Godefroit, G. Garcia, and B. Gomez, K. Stein, A. Cincotta, U. Lefèvre, X. Valentin. 2017. Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France. Scientific Reports 7:13098:1-9