Planicoxa venenica DiCroce and Carpenter 2001 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combinations: Planicoxa venecia, Planticoxa venenica

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

Belongs to Planicoxa according to W. Zheng et al. 2013

See also Carpenter and Ishida 2010, DiCroce and Carpenter 2001, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Galton 2009, Herne et al. 2019, Ji and Zhang 2022, Kirkland 2013, Kirkland 2017, Kirkland et al. 2016, McDonald et al. 2010, Norman 2004, Swanson et al. 2005 and VerdĂș et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMNH 42504. Its type locality is Tony's Bone Bed (DMNS 2182), which is in an Aptian lacustrine limestone/mudstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 204.9

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

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