Planicoxa
Field photograph to come
Planicoxa
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- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- DiCroce and Carpenter 2001
Field notes
About Planicoxa
Planicoxa was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Planicoxa, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by DiCroce and Carpenter in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Iguanodontia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. DiCroce and K. Carpenter. 2001. A new ornithopod from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie