Echinodon
Sign in to saveEchinodon is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur that lived during the earliest Cretaceous of southern England and possibly western France in the Berriasian epoch. The first specimens were jaw bones named Echinodon becklesii by Sir Richard Owen in 1861, and since their original description only additional teeth have been discovered. The specific name honours collector Samuel Beckles who discovered the material of Echinodon and many other taxa from across England, while the genus name translates as "prickly tooth" in reference to the dental anatomy of the taxon.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Echinodon is referenced by 85 other articles, and connects out to Ornithischia, Ankylosauria and Stegosauria.
It sits within the topics Berriasian dinosaurs, Dinosaur genera and Dinosaurs of the United Kingdom.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Heterodontosauridae
- Image
- Echinodon.JPG
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- taxon name
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- Echinodon
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
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Echinodon becklesii Echinodon Desssins de dents et fragments de mâchoire d'Echinodon. Genre † EchinodonOwen, 1861 Espèce † Echinodon becklesiiOwen, 1861 Echinodon est un genre éteint de petits dinosaures ornithischiens primitifs appartenant à la famille des hétérodontosauridés. Il a vécu en Angleterre au début du Crétacé inférieur (Berriasien), soit il y a environ entre 152,1 à ≃139,8 millions d'années. La seule espèce est Echinodon becklesii, nommée en 1861 par Richard Owen, qui l'a confondu avec un lézard.
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