Outline: a typical ornithopod
Paulodon
Type species Paulodon galvensis
- Lived
- Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Named by
- Sancarlo et al. 2025
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Fossil record
Camarillas Formation, Galve, Spain
Early Cretaceous, early Barremian
A recent reassessment proposed Paulodon for fossils previously assigned to Iguanodon galvensis. The type skeleton comes from the Camarillas Formation near Galve in Spain.
No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.
Field notes
About Paulodon
What it was like
Paulodon is the name proposed in a recent reassessment for a plant-eating dinosaur from Spain, previously called Iguanodon galvensis. The study compared its skull and limb bones with those of other related dinosaurs.
Its world
Its fossils come from the Early Cretaceous Camarillas Formation near Galve in Spain. The naming study places these rocks in the early Barremian.
How it was named
Sancarlo and colleagues proposed Paulodon in 2025 after reassessing the fossils previously assigned to Iguanodon. The proposed type species is Paulodon galvensis.
The evidence
The science behind Paulodon
Key papers
The research behind what we know of Paulodon
Named it
Proposed Paulodon for fossils previously assigned to Iguanodon galvensis, based on comparisons of the skull and limb bones.
Reassessment of Iguanodon galvensis classification. Mesozoic 2: 302-312
Read the paper : Reassessment of Iguanodon galvensis classification (opens in a new tab)
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna
Sources: Wikidata