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Rhabdodontidae (rhabdodontid)

Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Rhabdodontidae Weishampel et al. p. 69
2006Rhabdodontidae Sachs and Hornung pp. 417-418
2008Rhabdodontidae Butler et al. p. 21 figs. 2-4
2009Rhabdodontidae Galton p. 215
2010Rhabdodontidae McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2012Rhabdodontidae Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2012Rhabdodontidae McDonald p. 2
2012Rhabdodontidae Osi et al. p. 6
2016Rhabdodontidae Dieudonné et al. p. 7
2018Rhabdodontidae Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4
2019Rhabdodontidae Herne et al. p. 575
2020Rhabdodontidae Dieudonné et al.
2021Rhabdodontidae Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9
2025Rhabdodontidae Czepiński and Madzia p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Rhabdodontomorpha
Rhabdodontoidea
familyRhabdodontidae
familyRhabdodontidae

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Weishampel et al. 2003A 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. 2016Rhabdodontidae 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
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
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
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Rhabdodontidae indet. (53921)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Spain (Castilla y Leon) Hypsilophodontidae indet. (68468)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5Spain (La Rioja) Hypsilophodon foxii (170036)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Romania (Transylvania) Rhabdodontidae indet. (235665)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Hungary (Veszprém) Rhabdodontidae indet. (48722)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Rhabdodon priscus (47782)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Austria (Niederosterreich) Ornithomerus gracilis, Oligosaurus adelus (48720)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Ornithopoda indet. (28454) Rhabdodon priscum (141601) Rhabdodon sp. (89990 220113) Rhabdodontidae indet. (220134)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Rhabdodontidae indet. (174232)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Ornithischia indet. (48861) Ornithopoda indet. (28406) Rhabdodon sp. (28765 37199)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rhabdodon priscus (48849)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Rhabdodon sp. (74660)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rhabdodon sp. (59268)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Rhabdodon priscus (53918)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Rhabdodon priscum (91037)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Ornithopoda indet. (91781)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Occitanie) Rhabdodon sp. (35290)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rhabdodon priscum (48864)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Dinosauria indet. (218895)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Rhabdodon sp. (59686 59887 88583 88585)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Rhabdodon priscum (59410) Rhabdodontidae indet. (163322)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Rhabdodon priscum (61379)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Rhabdodon priscum (53479 53480) Rhabdodon priscus (48850 113294)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rabdodon priscum (55387)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Rhabdodon priscum (141189)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Aude) Rhabdodon sp. (48862)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Rhabdodon priscus, Ornithopoda indet. (158281)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Rhabdodontidae indet. (26369 219176)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Alba) Rhabdodon sp. (85497)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Rhabdodon sp. (68048)