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Echinodon
Echinodon becklesii (Owen 1861)
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) · 143.1–139.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Echinodon becklesii is a dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–139.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Owen 1861). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Echinodon sits in deep time
Echinodon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Echinodon's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.