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

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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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

Measurements

Length

4,3 m ⓘ

Hippodraco scutodens

Mass

350 kg ⓘ

Hippodraco scutodens

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Cedar Mountain

Temporal distribution

Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)

Species (1)

Hippodraco scutodens 137 Ma

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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)

Hippodraco

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