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armored dinosaur · Disputed
Priconodon
Say it like this: “pry-KON-oh-don”
Priconodon crassus
Priconodon ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1888 · Marsh, O. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Arundel
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauria
The story in short
The genus Priconodon dates to 1888, the year O. C. Marsh described it. The name means “saw cone tooth.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Arundel Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Priconodon 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 Ankylosauria, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis horrida
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Ahshislepelta
Ahshislepelta minor
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Crichtonsaurus
Crichtonsaurus bohlini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago