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horned dinosaur · Doubtful name
Craspedodon
Say it like this: “kras-PED-o-don”
Craspedodon lonzeensis
Craspedodon ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Belgium.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1883 · Dollo, L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Belgium
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Ceratopsia
The story in short
Craspedodon was formally named in 1883 by L. Dollo. The name means “edge tooth.”
Fossils referred to Craspedodon date to the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian), roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Belgium. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Craspedodon are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ajkaceratops
Ajkaceratops kozmai
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Dysganus
Dysganus encaustus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ferenceratops
Ferenceratops shqiperorum
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago