Owenodon hoggii

† Owenodon hoggii is the type species of Owenodon, an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian from the Wealden of England. Known from teeth originally assigned to Iguanodon, this bipedal herbivore foraged in Early Cretaceous English wetlands.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Owenodon hoggii was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Owenodon hoggii lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.