Mochlodon priscus Matheron 1869 (rhabdodontid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae

Full reference: P. Matheron. 1869. Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379

Belongs to Mochlodon according to A. J. Charig 1967

Sister taxon: Mochlodon vorosi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunnel de la Nerthe, Fuveau, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine marl in France

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mochlodon priscus in the database

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