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Rhabdodontidae (rhabdodontid)
Taxonomy
Rhabdodontidae was named by Weishampel et al. (2003). Its type is Rabdodon. It was considered monophyletic by Weishampel et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Iguanodontia by Weishampel et al. (2003); to Euornithopoda by Sachs and Hornung (2006); to Iguanodontia by Butler et al. (2008), McDonald et al. (2010), Han et al. (2012), Osi et al. (2012); to Rhabdodontomorpha by Dieudonné et al. (2016), Dieudonné et al. (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Dieudonné et al. (2020); to Iguanodontia by Galton (2009), McDonald (2012), Herne et al. (2019), Verdú et al. (2021); and to Rhabdodontoidea by Czepiński and Madzia (2025).
It was assigned to Iguanodontia by Weishampel et al. (2003); to Euornithopoda by Sachs and Hornung (2006); to Iguanodontia by Butler et al. (2008), McDonald et al. (2010), Han et al. (2012), Osi et al. (2012); to Rhabdodontomorpha by Dieudonné et al. (2016), Dieudonné et al. (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Dieudonné et al. (2020); to Iguanodontia by Galton (2009), McDonald (2012), Herne et al. (2019), Verdú et al. (2021); and to Rhabdodontoidea by Czepiński and Madzia (2025).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2003 | Rhabdodontidae Weishampel et al. p. 69 |
2006 | Rhabdodontidae Sachs and Hornung pp. 417-418 |
2008 | Rhabdodontidae Butler et al. p. 21 figs. 2-4 |
2009 | Rhabdodontidae Galton p. 215 |
2010 | Rhabdodontidae McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
2012 | Rhabdodontidae Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
2012 | Rhabdodontidae McDonald p. 2 |
2012 | Rhabdodontidae Osi et al. p. 6 |
2016 | Rhabdodontidae Dieudonné et al. p. 7 |
2018 | Rhabdodontidae Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
2019 | Rhabdodontidae Herne et al. p. 575 |
2020 | Rhabdodontidae Dieudonné et al. |
2021 | Rhabdodontidae Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9 |
2025 | Rhabdodontidae Czepiński and Madzia p. 12 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Rhabdodontidae Weishampel et al. 2003 [rhabdodontid]
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G. †Rhabdodon Matheron 1869
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†Rhabdodon priscus Matheron 1869
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Invalid names: Oligosaurus adelus Seeley 1881 [synonym], Ornithomerus gracilis Seeley 1881 [synonym]
Invalid names: Oligosaurus Seeley 1881 [synonym], Ornithomerus Seeley 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. B. Weishampel et al. 2003 | A node-based taxon consisting of the most recent common ancestor of Zalmoxes robustus and Rhabdodon priscus and all the descendants of this common ancestor. It is diagnosed by the following features: more than 12 sharp ridges on the lingual side of the crowns of the dentary teeth, a straight to slightly convex dorsal margin of the ilium in lateral view and a distinctly bowed femur in anterior view. Potential apomorphies of Rhabdodontidae also include strong twisting of the preacetabular process of the ilium, a narrow, poorly defined acetabular margin on the ilium and the absence of metatarsal V. | |
P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2016 | Rhabdodontidae is defined by the combination of the following synap- omorphies (see phylogenetic analysis): 1) a humerus with a flat proximal anterior surface, i.e. devoid of any bicipital sulcus, 2) a humerus with a concave lateral border between the head and the deltopectoral crest in anteroposterior view, 3) an ulna with a relatively large olecranon process. A potential apomorphy would be a femur with a crest-like, non-pendant fourth trochanter. |
Measurements
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References: Peczkis 1995, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (45 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Rhabdodontidae indet. (53921) | |
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Hypsilophodontidae indet. (68468) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian | Spain (La Rioja) | Hypsilophodon foxii (170036) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Romania (Transylvania) | Rhabdodontidae indet. (235665) | |
Santonian | Hungary (Veszprém) | Rhabdodontidae indet. (48722) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Rhabdodon priscus (47782) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Austria (Niederosterreich) | Ornithomerus gracilis, Oligosaurus adelus (48720) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Ornithopoda indet. (28454) Rhabdodon priscum (141601) Rhabdodon sp. (89990 220113) Rhabdodontidae indet. (220134) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | Rhabdodontidae indet. (174232) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Ornithischia indet. (48861) Ornithopoda indet. (28406) Rhabdodon sp. (28765 37199) | |
Middle Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Rhabdodon priscus (48849) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Rhabdodon sp. (74660) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Rhabdodon sp. (59268) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Valencia) | Rhabdodon priscus (53918) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | Rhabdodon priscum (91037) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Ornithopoda indet. (91781) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Occitanie) | Rhabdodon sp. (35290) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Rhabdodon priscum (48864) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Dinosauria indet. (218895) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Rhabdodon sp. (59686 59887 88583 88585) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Rhabdodon priscum (59410) Rhabdodontidae indet. (163322) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Rhabdodon priscum (61379) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Rhabdodon priscum (53479 53480) Rhabdodon priscus (48850 113294) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Rabdodon priscum (55387) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Rhabdodon priscum (141189) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Aude) | Rhabdodon sp. (48862) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Rhabdodon priscus, Ornithopoda indet. (158281) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Rhabdodontidae indet. (26369 219176) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Alba) | Rhabdodon sp. (85497) | |
Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Rhabdodon sp. (68048) |