Mochlodon

lever tooth (or "bar tooth")

• mochlos · Greek · lever, bar
• odon · Greek · tooth

Mochlodon combines the Greek "mochlos" (a lever or bar) with "odon" (tooth). The name was given by Harry Seeley in 1881 for a small plant-eating ornithopod known from teeth and bones found in Austria. It refers to the form of the animal's teeth.

Named by

Seeley

Year named

1881

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Santonian – Campanian

Found in

Gosau Formation, Austria (type species Mochlodon suessi); a second species is known from Hungary

Mochlodon is a rhabdodontid ornithopod, a relative of Rhabdodon and Zalmoxes. Its status has been debated: it has sometimes been treated as a synonym of Rhabdodon, but recent studies generally treat it as a valid genus. The stage range and some details are given with moderate confidence.