Genus
Valid Extinct

Mochlodon

Seeley 1881
Etymology Du Grec ''mokhlos'', barre, et ''odon'', les dents, en référence aux crêtes en forme de barrette qui ornent les dents de l’animal.

Mochlodon is a genus of rhabdodontid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Austria and Hungary. It lived during the Late Cretaceous and two species have been named, M. suessi and M. vorosi, although the latter has been regarded as a junior synonym of the ceratopsian Ajkaceratops.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Mochlodon
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Reconstruction of Mochlodon suessi from the Late Cretaceous of Austria. Based on Zalmoxes by Scott Hartman © Atlantis536 · CC0 · 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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Rhabdodontomorpha Unranked clade
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Rhabdodontoidea Unranked clade
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Mochlodon Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
2
🇭🇺 Hungary
1
🇦🇹 Austria
1
Geological formations
Csehbánya
1
Grünbach
1
Sînpetru
1
Jibou
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Species (3)
Mochlodon priscus
Mochlodon vorosi 86 Ma
Rhabdodon suessi 84 Ma
Images 11
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1881. The reptile fauna of the Gosau Formation preserved in the Geological Museum of the University of Vienna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 37(148):620-707 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
A. Osi, E. Prondvai, and R. Butler, D. B. Weishampel. 2012. Phylogeny, histology and inferred body size evolution in a new rhabdodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. PLoS ONE 7(9):e44318. DOI ↗
V. Codrea, M. Vremir, and C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 DOI ↗
B. F. Nopcsa. 1902. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenbürgen II (Schädelreste von Mochlodon) mit einem anhange: Zur phylogenie der Ornithopodiden [Dinosaur remains from Transylvania II (skull remains of Mochlodon) with an appendix: the phylogeny of the ornithopods]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 72:149-175
E. Bunzel. 1871. Die Reptilfauna der Gosauformation in der Neuen Welt bei Weiner-Neustadt. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 5:1-18