Trimucrodon

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iTrimucrodon
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Genus: Trimucrodon
Binomial name
Trimucrodon cuneatus
Thulborn (1973)

Trimucrodon (meaning "three-grooved tooth") was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian stage) Portugal. It is classified as a basal ornithischian, but is a nomen dubium: it is only known from its teeth.

The type species, Trimucrodon cuneatus, was described by Richard A. Thulborn in 1973.

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