Genus

Valid Extinct

Cariocecus

Bertozzo et al. 2025

Cariocecus or Cariociecus was the god of war in the mythology of various Iberian tribes, in the region then known as Hispania. Through conquest and cultural overlay, he became syncretised with the Ancient Rome god Mars and the Ancient Greek god Ares.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Neornithischia Unranked clade

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Pyrodontia Unranked clade

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Cerapoda Unranked clade

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Ornithopoda Suborder

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Iguanodontia Infraorder

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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade

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Dryomorpha Unranked clade

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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade

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Styracosterna Unranked clade

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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade

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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade

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Cariocecus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇵🇹 Portugal

Geological formations

Papo Seco

Temporal distribution

Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)

Species (1)

Cariocecus bocagei 126 Ma

News 1

Episode 170: Cariocecus bocagei

Cretaceous Jurassic Late Jurassic Cariocecus Iguanodontia

The iguanodontians were an incredibly successful group within the Cretaceous. They could reach incredible sizes, with the largest species even matching the proportions of some sauropods, and they also had an incredible palaeogeographic range, meaning that their remains are found all over the world today. In the late Jurassic, they were a lot less diverse [&hellip

15/09/2025 palaeocast

Bibliography

Original description

F. Bertozzo, B. Camilo, and R. Araújo, F. Manucci, J. C. Kullberg, D. G. Cerio, V. F. d. Carvalho, P. Marrecas, S. D. Figueiredo, P. Godefroit. 2025. Cariocecus bocagei, a new basal hadrosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1) DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)