Planicoxa DiCroce and Carpenter 2001 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative spelling: Planticoxa

Full reference: T. DiCroce and K. Carpenter. 2001. A new ornithopod from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern Utah. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 183-196

Parent taxon: Iguanodontia according to M. C. Herne et al. 2019

See also DiCroce and Carpenter 2001, Galton 2009, Norman 2004 and VerdĂș et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Albisaurus, Albisaurus scutifer, Anoplosaurus major, Bihariosaurus, Camptosauroidea, Choyrodon, Convolosaurus, Dryomorpha, Elasmaria, Eucercosaurus, Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus, Euiguanodontia, Fulgurotherium, Iguanodon ottingeri, Iguanodontoidea, Iyuku, Loncosaurus, Mantellisaurus, Osmakasaurus, Rhabdodontomorpha, Sektensaurus, Sphenospondylus, Syngonosaurus, Syngonosaurus macrocercus, Tenontosaurus, Tichosteus, Vectisaurus, Yueosaurus

Subtaxa: Planicoxa venenica

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tony's Bone Bed (DMNS 2182) (Cretaceous of Utah)

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