Rhabdodon Rhabdodon priscus (Matheron 1869)
/ɹˈæbdɑːdən/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
France, Spain, Romania
Regions
Languedoc-Roussillon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Cataluña · Valencia
Formations
Marnes Rouges Inférieures · Figuerola · Sierra Perenchiza · Grès de Labarre
Dig sites
15
distinct collections
Overview
Rhabdodon priscus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Languedoc-Roussillon, France and elsewhere. It was named by (Matheron 1869). The species is represented by 18 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~51%
well attested
Based on 18 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Rhabdodon priscus sits in deep time
Rhabdodon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Rhabdodon priscus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.