Genus
Valid Extinct

Hippodraco

McDonald et al. 2010

Hippodraco is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, H. scutodens, known from a partial skeleton belonging to an immature individual.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Hippodraco
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Skeletal reconstruction of Hippodraco scutodens, showing the known elements of UMNH VP 20208 (the right scapula, right humerus, right femur, and right tibia have been reversed for the purposes of reconstruction). © Andrew T. McDonald, James I. Kirkland, Donald D. DeBlieux, Scott K. Madsen, Jennifer Cavin, Andrew R. C. Milner, Lukas Panzarin · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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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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Hippodraco Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Cedar Mountain
1
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Hippodraco scutodens 137 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. T. McDonald, J. I. Kirkland, and D. D. DeBlieux, S. K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A. R. C. Milner, L. Panzarin. 2010. New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS One 5(11):e14075:1-35 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. T. McDonald, J. I. Kirkland, and D. D. DeBlieux, S. K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A. R. C. Milner, L. Panzarin. 2010. New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS One 5(11):e14075:1-35 DOI ↗