Neosodon
Name: Neosodon
(New tooth).
Phonetic: Nee-o-so-don.
Named By: Moussaye - 1885.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria?
Species: None named.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: France.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Teeth.
Because this genus of possible titanosaur is only based upon teeth, Neosodon is usually treated as a highly dubious genus. First considered to have been a theropod similar to Megalosaurus, then a synonym to Iguanodon, Neosodon was later considered to be a sauropod, perhaps a brachiosaurid (similar to Brachiosaurus). The 2006 description of Turiasaurus led to the describers of this genus to note similarities with the Neosodon teeth, leading to speculation that Neosodon might have been a turiasauran titanosaur.
Further reading
- Sur une dent de Neosodon, trouv�e dans les
sables ferruginaux de
Wilmille. Bulletin, Soci�t� G�ologique de France
3(13):51-53. - M. de la Moussaye - 1885.
- Sur les reptiles trouv�s dans le Portlandian sup�rieur de
Boulogne-sur-mer. Bulletin du Mus�um National d'Historie Naturalle,
Paris. 3(16):626. - H. E. Sauvage - 1888.
- A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. - Science
314:1925-1927. - R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, L. Alcal�
- 2006.
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