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Phyllodon
Phyllodon
Name Phyllodon
Order Ornithischia
Suborder Ornithopoda
Class nomina dubia
Name Translation Leaf tooth
Period Late Jurassic 156-150 Million Years Ago
Location Portugal
Diet Herbivore
Size 2 m long, 0.8 m tall, 25 kg in weight


Phyllodon ("leaf tooth") is a small hypsilophodont from Portugal. It is possibly related to Drinker and Othnielosaurus from North America. It lived during the Late Jurassic. The same name is also in use for a genus of moss. Phyllodon is known only from teeth and possibly partial lower jaws.

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