Rhabdodontidae Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Rhabdodon priscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Ornithischia
Suborder:	Cerapoda
Infraorder:	Ornithopoda
Family:	Rhabdodontidae Weishampel, 2003
Genera
Mochlodon? Rhabdodon (type genus) Zalmoxes

Rhabdodontids were herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Period. Rhabdodontids were similar to large, robust hypsilophodonts, with deep skulls and jaws. The family was first proposed by David B. Weishampel et al. in 2002. The rhabdodontids were defined as "the most recent common ancestor of Zalmoxes robustus and Rhabdodon priscus and all the descendants of this common ancestor". In 2005, Paul Sereno defined the family as "the most inclusive clade containing Rhabdodon priscus but not Parasaurolophus walkeri". The Rhabdodontidae includes the type genus Rhabdodon, Zalmoxes, and possibly Mochlodon. All rhabdodontid fossils have been found in Europe in formations dating to the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 65 million years ago.

[edit] References

• TaxonSearch: Rhabdodontidae
• Iguanodontia

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