In Depth
Phyllodon is usually credited as a dubious dinosaur genus as at the time of writing only the teeth and lower jaws of this genus are known, making the attribution of new fossils difficult at best. Phyllodon however has been noted as being similar to the genera Nanosaurus.
Further Reading
- Teeth of ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, with description of a hypsilophodontid (Phyllodon henkeli gen. et sp. nov.) from the Guimarota lignite. - Mem�ria Serivo�os Geol�gicos de Portugal (Nova S�rie) 22: 89–134. - Richard A. Thulborn - 1973. - Herbivorous dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Guimarota, Portugal. - Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 112 (3): 275–283. - Oliver W. M. Rauhut - 2001. - Late Jurassic dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation (USA), the Lourinh� and Alcoba�a Formations (Portugal), and the Tendaguru Beds (Tanzania): a comparison, by Oct�vio Mateus. In Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (36). Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 223–231. - John R. Foster & Spencer G. Lucas (eds).
