Prodeinodon

Taxobox
name = "Prodeinodon"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous


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image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
genus="Prodeinodon"
genus_authority = Osborn, 1924
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. mongoliensis" Osborn, 1924 (type)
* "P. kwangshiensis" Hou "et al.", 1975
* "P. tibetensis" "nomen nudum"

"Prodeinodon" (meaning "Before "Deinodon") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian stages) of China and Mongolia. Three species have been identified, all three known only from tooth fragments showing no diagnostic features, making them difficult to classify, though they may belong to a carnosaur.

The type species, "P. mongoliensis", was described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924. A second species, "P. kwangshiensis", was named in 1975. "P. tibetensis" has not been formally described.

References

* Lambert D (1993). "The Ultimate Dinosaur Book". Dorling Kindersley, New York, 180. ISBN 1-56458-304-X.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a922df.htm "Prodeinodon" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair