Dollodon
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| Dollodon Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Dollodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and possibly the early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium (Bernissart), and possibly Germany and England. Dollodon was a lightly constructed iguanodont, about 6 meters long (20 ft), estimated to weigh about 1 ton and was herbivorous. The genus is known from only one species, D.bampingi. The holotype specimen of Dollodon, IRSNB 1551, was originally assigned to Iguanodon mantelli. Iguanodon mantelli along with IRSNB 1551 were long thought to pertain to Iguanodon atherfieldensis. The specimen has now been assigned to its own genus and species by Gregory S. Paul in 2008. The genus was named after Louis Dollo, who first described the remains and the species was named in honour of Mr D. Bamping.[1]
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