Owenodon

O-wyn-o-don.
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

Liam Carter explores the roots of humanity by studying early human fossils and artifacts. His ground-breaking work has provided a deeper understanding of our ancestors' lifestyles and social structures.

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Name

Owenodon ‭(‬Owen’s tooth‭)‬.

Phonetic

O-wyn-o-don.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopda.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

O.‭ ‬hoggi‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

England.

Time Period

Early Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial jaw with teeth.

In Depth

       Back in‭ ‬1860‭ ‬a partial lower jaw of a dinosaur was collected by A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Hogg,‭ ‬which later in‭ ‬1874‭ ‬was named as a species of Iguanodon,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬hoggi by Richard Owen.‭ ‬More than a hundred years later the jaw was thought to represent a European specimen of Camptosaurus,‭ ‬but later still in‭ ‬2009‭ ‬the jaw was used to create the genus Owenodon by Peter Galton.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous‭ (‬Berriasian‭) ‬of England.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Special Papers in Palaeontology‭ ‬68:‭ ‬161‭–‬189.‭ ‬-‭ ‬David B.‭ ‬Norman‭ & ‬Paul M.‭ ‬Barret‭ ‬-‭ ‬2002. -‭ ‬A new species of Camptosaurus‭ (‬Ornithopoda:‭ ‬Dinosauria‭) ‬from the Morrison Formation‭ (‬Upper Jurassic‭) ‬of Dinosaur National Monument,‭ ‬Utah,‭ ‬and a biomechanical analysis of its forelimb.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Annals of the Carnegie Museum‭ ‬76:‭ ‬227‭–‬263.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kenneth Carpenter‭ & ‬Yvonne Wilson.‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008. -‭ ‬A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬29‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬192‭–‬216.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gregory S.‭ ‬Paul‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008. -‭ ‬Notes on Neocomian‭ (‬Lower Cretaceous‭) ‬ornithopod dinosaurs from England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hypsilophodon,‭ ‬Valdosaurus,‭ “‬Camptosaurus‭”‬,‭ “‬Iguanodon‭” ‬-‭ ‬and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revue de Pal�obiologie,‭ ‬Gen�ve‭ ‬28‭(‬1‭)‬:211-273.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Galton‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.

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