Pararhabdodon

Field photograph to come

DV-0352Conques Fm., Spain

Pararhabdodon

DV-0352

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
Found in
Spain
Named by
Casanovas Cladellas 1992

Field notes

About Pararhabdodon

Pararhabdodon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Pararhabdodon, from Spain. Its fossils come from rocks including the Conques Formation, the Talarn Formation and the La Posa Formation. It was named by Casanovas Cladellas in 1992.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

6 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. L. Casanovas Cladellas. 1992. Novedades en el registro fósil de dinosaurios del levante español [Developments in the fossil record of dinosaurs from the Spanish Levant]. Zubía 10:139-151