Owenodon

Say it like this: “o-wen-o-don”

Owenodon hoggii

Owenodon ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) · roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago
Named in: 2009 · Galton, P. M.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 5 m · 16 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United Kingdom · Durlston
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Ankylopollexia

The story in short

Owenodon was formally named in 2009 by P. M. Galton. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian), roughly 143.1 to 137.1 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Durlston Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Owenodon at a length near 5 m.

On the family tree it sits in Ankylopollexia, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Camptosaurus

Camptosaurus dispar

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago

Osmakasaurus

Osmakasaurus depressus

Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago

Uteodon

Uteodon aphanoecetes

Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago