Matheronodon
Name:
Matheronodon
(Matheron tooth).
Phonetic: Math-er-on-o-don.
Named By: P. Godefroit, G. Garcia, B.
Gomez, K. Stein, A. Cincotta, U. Lef�vre & X.
Valentin - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Rhabdodontidae.
Species: M. provincialis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: France.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial maxilla (tooth
bearing bone of the upper jaw.
Although
only described from a single upper jaw bone, Matheronodon
is
noteworthy among ornithopod dinosaurs for having teeth that are
larger, but fewer in number to most other known ornithopods. The
describers speculated that Matheronodon used a
scissoring action to eat
plants.
Further reading
- Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid
dinosaur from Southern France. - Scientific Reports. 7 (1):
13098. - P. Godefroit, G. Garcia, B. Gomez, K.
Stein, A. Cincotta, U. Lef�vre & X. Valentin -
2017.
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