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Echinodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140Ma
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Echinodon becklesii.jpg
Specimen NHMUK 48215b
Scientific classification
Genus:
Echinodon
Species:
becklesii
Synonyms

Saurechinodon

Echinodon is a genus of Heterodontosaur dinosaur. It has been found in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe, 140 million years ago.

Saurechinodon is a synonym of this genus.

Images for kids

  • Echinodon

    Teeth and jaw fragments referred to Echinodon, NHMUK 48209 to 48215

  • Fruitadens

    Life restoration of Fruitadens, originally Echinodon sp.

  • Echinodon becklesii skull restoration

    Reconstruction of the known skull of Echinodon from Sereno (2012)

  • Echinodon becklesii dentary

    Left dentary of Echinodon NHMUK 48213 in medial view showing the anatomy of the tooth crowns

  • Lesothosaurus sp skull 3894

    Partial skull of Lesothosaurus, a proposed relative of Echinodon within Fabrosauridae

  • Nuthetes and Echinodon

    Echinodon being attacked by a Nuthetes, hypothetically restored as a dromaeosaur

  • Echinodon locality

    Locality (red dot) for Echinodon on the southern coast of England

  • Purbeck lagoon

    Environment of the Purbeck beds including the mammals Durlstodon (left), Durlstotherium (center and right) and the theropod Nuthetes

See also

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