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beaked plant-eater
Mochlodon
Say it like this: “MOK-lo-don”
Mochlodon suessi
Mochlodon ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in AT and Hungary.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1881 · Seeley, H. G.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 19 kg · 42 lb
- Found in
- AT and Hungary · Grünbach
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Rhabdodontidae
The story in short
Mochlodon was formally named in 1881 by H. G. Seeley. The name means “bar tooth.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian), roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from AT and Hungary, including the Grünbach Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Mochlodon at a length near 1.9 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 19 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Rhabdodontidae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Mochlodon suessi. Other named species include Mochlodon vorosi.
Other species with this name
- Mochlodon suessi
- Mochlodon vorosi
Close relatives
Matheronodon
Matheronodon provincialis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Pareisactus
Pareisactus evrostos
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Rhabdodon
Rhabdodon priscus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago