Cardiodon Owen 1841 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. Owen. 1841. Odontography; or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth; Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development, and Microscopic Structure, in the Vertebrate Animals. Part II. Dental System of Reptiles 179-295

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also Delair 1973, Dollo 1889, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Kuhn 1939, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1898, McIntosh 1990, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Owen 1841, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1900, Sauvage 1906, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, von Zittel 1911, Winkler 1893 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Cardiodon rugulosus

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Type: Cardiodon rugulosus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (BMNH) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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