Planicoxa

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Planicoxa
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Family: Iguanodontidae Genus: Planicoxa DiCroce & Carpenter, 2001
Species
Planicoxa venenica (neotype)

Planicoxa was a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It is known from the partial skeletons of several individual specimens. Its fossils were discovered in Utah, United States. The type species is Planicoxa venenica, first described by DiCroce and Carpenter in 2001. It is an iguanodont.

[edit] References

• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm