Dakotadon

Name: Dakotadon ‭(‬Dakota tooth‭)‬.
Phonetic: Dah-koh-tah-don.
Named By: G.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Paul‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.
Synonyms: Iguanodon lakotaensis.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda.
Species: D.‭ ‬lakotaensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lake of remains.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬South Dakota‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lakota Formation.
Time period: Valanginian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial,‭ ‬incomplete skull.

       Originally named as a species of Iguanodon,‭ ‬Dakotadon is so far only known‭ ‬from a‭ ‬partial skull.‭ ‬Like other ornithopods,‭ ‬Dakotadon would have fed upon plants growing at varying heights,‭ ‬adjusting its stance and posture to reach.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species.‭ - ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬29‭(‬2‭)‬:192-216.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Paul‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.



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