Mochlodon is a genus and species of small Rhabdodontid from late Cretaceous Europe.
Description[]
In 2003, when M. robustus was renamed Zalmoxes, Mochlodon was tentatively reinstated as a separate genus for the species Mochlodon suessi.
Comparison of histology based adult body sizes of Mochlodon Zalmoxes and Rhabdodon
In 2005 a study concluded that no unique derived features, autapomorphies, could be established for Mochlodon in relation to Zalmoxes, assigning the Austrian remains provisionally to a Zalmoxes sp.; a definite identification would give Mochlodon nomenclatural priority. A second species, M. vorosi, was described from the Santonian aged Csehbánya Formation of Hungary in 2012.
References[]
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparison-of-histology-based-adult-body-sizes-of-Mochlodon-Zalmoxes-and-Rhabdodon_fig31_231743127
- https://magyardinoszaurusz.hu/mochlodon-vorosi/?lang=en
- https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P64755.html
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figures?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0044318