Dinosaur
Hippodraco
The outline of its snout reminded the scientists who studied it of a horse.
The outline of its snout reminded the scientists who studied it of a horse. Yet it was a dinosaur, with a beak, plant-eating teeth and a long tail. Its hind legs were longer than its forelegs and supported much of its body.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Hippodraco at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Iguanodontia
- Iguanodontians
- Fossil locations
- Utah
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Hippodraco
It comes from Utah and is known mainly from an incomplete skeleton of an individual that was still growing. It was described in 2010 alongside other finds that expanded our knowledge of the region’s plant eaters.
A young fossil does not necessarily show the species’ final size or proportions. This matters especially for Hippodraco: adult images are cautious reconstructions, not reproductions of a complete adult found in the ground.
A young fossil does not necessarily show the species’ final size or proportions. This matters especially for Hippodraco: adult images are cautious reconstructions, not reproductions of a complete adult found in the ground.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
A young fossil does not necessarily show the species’ final size or proportions. This matters especially for Hippodraco: adult images are cautious reconstructions, not reproductions of a complete adult found in the ground.
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