Astrodon
"star tooth"
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CLASSIFICATION

Astrodon Johnston, 1859 [nomen dubium]
a.k.a Astrond, Astrood, Astrodom
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Macronaria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


TIME

Aptian to Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Maryland

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Maryland's state dinosaur (excluding the Baltimore oriole, of course). Sometimes synonymized with Pleurocoelus.


IMAGES

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PATRICK O'BRIEN

Paint

[THUMBNAIL] An Astrodon johnstoni defends its young from an Acrocanthosaurus atokensis. (Acrocanthosaurus had taller spines than depicted here.)

see also: Art Gallery


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