Obelignathus
Field photograph to come
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
75 million years ago
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