Rhabdodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 72-69 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. The genus contains a single species, R. priscus. It is similar in build t
Rhabdodon priscus mount
Wall-mounted fossils of Rhabdodon superimposed on the skeleton and silhouette of Tenontosaurus
Representative taxa from the late Campanian–early Maastrichtian faunas from southern France, including a Rhabdodon dentary (B)
Pelvis and vertebrae in Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence
The Marnes rouges inférieures Formation is a geological formation located in the south of France and dating from the upper Cretaceous between 72.5 and 70 million years ago approximately.
Rhabdodon
…Pyroraptor. Isotope analysis shows that Rhabdodon, along with its smaller cousin Zalmoxes, ate C3 plants. Rhabdodon is known from a specimen from the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation. The known material includes a dentary and many other postcranial remains. More specifically, it is known from the Bellevue layer, which has produced…
The Marnes rouges inférieures Formation at Campagne-sur-Aude, left bank of the Aude River.
The Marnes rouges de Campagne Member outcropping along the D2 road at Campagne-sur-Aude (Brezilhou hamlet).
Sandstones of the Grès des Estous Member along the road leading to the Bellevue site.
The Marnes rouges de la Maurine Member at the Bellevue site. Left bank of the Aude river.