Phyllodon

This article is about the genus of dinosaur. For the genus of moss, see Phyllodon (plant).

Phyllodon
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, 155 Ma
↓
 Late Jurassic
Holotype tooth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Genus: †Phyllodon
Thulborn, 1973
Species:
†P. henkeli
Binomial name
†Phyllodon henkeli
Thulborn, 1973

Phyllodon (meaning "leaf tooth") was a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian-aged Upper Jurassic Camadas de Guimarota Formation of Leiria, Portugal and possibly also the Bathonian-aged Chipping Norton Limestone of England.[1] It may have been closely related to contemporaneous dinosaurs in North America.

This genus is known from teeth and possibly partial lower jaws. The name is also in use for a genus of modern moss, but this is not considered to be a problem because the two organisms are in two different kingdoms.

  1. ^ Listed as "cf. Phyllodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.