Obelignathus

Field photograph to come

DV-1283Grès à Reptiles Fm., France

Obelignathus

DV-1283

Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
France
Named by
Czepiński and Madzia 2025

Field notes

About Obelignathus

Obelignathus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Obelignathus, from France. Its fossils come from the Grès à Reptiles Formation. It was named by Czepiński and Madzia in 2025.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rhabdodontomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Ł. Czepiński and D. Madzia. 2025. Exploring the diversity and disparity of rhabdodontomorph ornithopods from the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. Scientific Reports 15(1):15209:1-19