Hippodraco scutodens McDonald et al. 2010 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combination: Hippodraco scutidens

Full reference: A. T. McDonald, J. I. Kirkland, D. D. DeBlieux, S. K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A. R. C. Milner, and L. Panzarin. 2010. New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS One 5(11):e14075:1-35

Belongs to Hippodraco according to W. Zheng et al. 2013

See also Bell et al. 2019, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Kirkland 2013, Kirkland et al. 2016, McDonald et al. 2010, Milàn et al. 2015, Prieto-Márquez 2011 and Weems and Bachman 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH VP 20208, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Andrew's Site (UMNH VP Loc. 1207), which is in a Valanginian channel sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Andrew's Site (UMNH VP Loc. 1207)

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