Dinosaur
Rhabdodon
To get to know Rhabdodon, look at its teeth: they hold a key to its diet.
To get to know Rhabdodon, look at its teeth: they hold a key to its diet. This plant eater had a sturdy body, strong hind legs and a relatively large head. Pronounced ridges on its teeth helped process vegetation, inspiring a name that refers to their shape.
Three stages. One companion.
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Rhabdodon at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Rhabdodontidae
- Rhabdodontids
- Fossil locations
- France
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Rhabdodon
It is known from European fossils, including finds in southern France. It lived near the end of the Cretaceous, when the land and seas of what is now Europe were arranged very differently.
Not every plant eater was a long-necked giant or a horned dinosaur. Rhabdodon shows another approach: a more compact animal whose success depended on how it moved and processed the available plants.
Not every plant eater was a long-necked giant or a horned dinosaur. Rhabdodon shows another approach: a more compact animal whose success depended on how it moved and processed the available plants.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
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