Rhabdodontidae

Taxobox
name = Rhabdodontidae
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Rhabdodon priscus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Cerapoda
infraordo = Ornithopoda
familia = Rhabdodontidae
familia_authority = Weishampel, 2003
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Mochlodon"?
* "Rhabdodon" (type genus)
* "Zalmoxes"

Rhabdodontids were herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Period. Rhabdodontids were similar to large, robust hypsilophodonts, with deep skulls and jaws. The family was first proposed by David B. Weishampel "et al". in 2002. The rhabdodontids were defined as "the most recent common ancestor of "Zalmoxes robustus" and "Rhabdodon priscus" and all the descendants of this common ancestor". In 2005, Paul Sereno defined the family as "the most inclusive clade containing "Rhabdodon priscus" but not "Parasaurolophus walkeri". The Rhabdodontidae includes the type genus "Rhabdodon", "Zalmoxes", and possibly "Mochlodon". All rhabdodontid fossils have been found in Europe in formations dating to the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 65 million years ago.

References

* [http://www.taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?Action=View&tax_id=272 TaxonSearch: Rhabdodontidae]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm Iguanodontia]