Describer

Weishampel & Bjork, 1989

Time

Cretaceous Early Barremian

Classification

Ornithischia Ornithopoda

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Lakota Formation, South Dakota, US

Fall Under

Dakotadon lakotaensis

Info

Skull

Dakotadon lakotaensis (Weishampel & Bjork, 1989) - Iguanodon lakotaensis (Weishampel & Bjork, 1989)

Skull, mandible, vertebrae

Basal I. lakotaensis is not a member of Iguanodon and accordingly is assigned the new genus Dakotadon gen. nov. (holotype SDSM 8656). Dakotadon (Paul, 2007) is probably basal to Iguanodon and not an iguanodontoid