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Hippodraco ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hippodraco | ||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 130 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Ornithopoda) | ||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. T. McDonald, J. I. Kirkland, and D. D. DeBlieux, S. K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A. R. C. Milner, L. Panzarin. 2010. New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS One 5(11):e14075:1-35 | ||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hippodraco scutodens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2010 | Hippodraco McDonald et al. pp. 14-15 |
| 2012 | Hippodraco McDonald p. 2 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
