Choyrodon

Choyr tooth

• Choyr · Mongolian (place name) · the town of Choyr, Mongolia
• odon · Greek · tooth

The name combines Choyr, the Mongolian town near where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for tooth. The type species, Choyrodon barsboldi, honours the Mongolian paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold. It is a plant-eating iguanodontian (ornithopod) known from Early Cretaceous Mongolia.

Named by

Gates et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Shinekhudag Formation, near Choyr, Mongolia

Valid genus of basal hadrosauroid/iguanodontian ornithopod; type species C. barsboldi. Exact stage range and formation details are given from memory and should be verified.