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Diclonius

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Dinosauria

Suborder
  
†Ornithopoda

Scientific name
  
Diclonius

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
†Ornithischia

Family
  
†Hadrosauridae

Higher classification
  
Hadrosaurid

Similar
  
Dinosaur, Claosaurus, Cionodon, Deinodon, Thespesius

Diclonius (meaning "double sprout") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a hadrosaur based solely on teeth. Its fossils were found in the Judith River Formation of Montana, northern US. The name is in reference to the method of tooth replacement, in which newly erupting replacement teeth could be in functional use at the same time as older, more worn teeth. Thus, the number of "sprouting" teeth was doubled in comparison to Monoclonius ("single sprout"), which used only one set of teeth at a time and which Cope named in the same paper.

The type species, Diclonius pentagonus, was named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, based on a single tooth specimen (AMNH 3972). Other formally undescribed species include D. calamarius and D. perangulatus. Although Cope referred several other batches of teeth to the genus, under several species, the name is considered a nomen dubium.

Species

Type:

  • D. pentagonus Cope, 1876 (type); fragmentary dentary with teeth, nomen dubium
  • Formerly referred Species:

  • D. calamarius Cope, 1876; teeth, nomen dubium
  • D. mirabilis (Leidy, 1856) Cope, 1883; junior synonym of Trachodon mirabilis
  • D. perangulatus Cope, 1876; teeth, nomen dubium
  • References

    Diclonius Wikipedia


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