Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Rhabdodon Rhabdodon suessi (Bunzel 1871)
/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
Romania, Austria
Regions
Niederosterreich · Hunedoara · Salaj
Formations
Grünbach · Sînpetru · Jibou
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Rhabdodon suessi 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 Niederosterreich, Romania and elsewhere. It was named by (Bunzel 1871). 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Rhabdodon suessi sits in deep time
Rhabdodon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Rhabdodon suessi'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.