In Depth
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.
