Dakotadon
| Dakotadon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Front part of the holotype skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Ankylopollexia |
| Clade: | † Styracosterna
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| Genus: | †Dakotadon Paul, 2008 |
| Species: | †D. lakotaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Dakotadon lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989 [originally Iguanodon lakotaensis])
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Dakotadon (meaning "Dakota tooth") is a
Lower Cretaceous Lakota Formation of South Dakota, USA, known from a partial skull. It was first described in 1989 as Iguanodon lakotaensis, by David B. Weishampel and Philip R. Bjork.[1] Its assignment has been controversial. Some researchers suggest that "I." lakotaensis was more basal than I. bernissartensis, and related to Theiophytalia,[2] but David Norman has suggested that it was a synonym of I. bernissartensis.[3] Gregory S. Paul, working on a revision of iguanodont species, gave "I." lakotaensis its own genus (Dakotadon) in 2008.[4] He measured its length at 6 metres (20 ft) and body mass at 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons).[5]
References
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