Rhabdodon

fluted tooth (literally "rod tooth")

• rhabdos · Greek · rod, staff
• odon · Greek · tooth

The name combines the Greek "rhabdos" (rod or staff) and "odon" (tooth). It refers to the ridged, rod-like or fluted look of the teeth, which Matheron noted when he described the first fossils. Rhabdodon was a medium-sized, plant-eating ornithopod, related to Iguanodon and in the group Rhabdodontidae.

Named by

Matheron

Year named

1869

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Southern France and Spain (Europe)

The type species is Rhabdodon priscus. Other species have been named, such as R. septimanicus, and the genus is known from the Late Cretaceous of France and Spain. The exact stage range and the number of valid species are uncertain.