Morelladon

Morella tooth

• Morella · Place name (Catalan/Spanish) · the town of Morella in Castellón, Spain, near where the fossils were found
• odon · Greek · tooth

Morelladon combines the name of the town of Morella, in eastern Spain, with the Greek "odon", meaning tooth. The name points to the area where the fossils were found. The "-odon" ending is a common one for iguanodontian dinosaurs, which are known for their distinctive teeth. The type species is Morelladon beltrani.

Named by

Gasulla et al.

Year named

2015

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Arcillas de Morella Formation, Morella, Castellón, Spain

A herbivorous iguanodontian (styracosternan ornithopod) related to Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus. It is known from a partial skeleton and has tall neural spines on its back vertebrae.