Priconodon
Priconodon (meaning "saw cone tooth") is an extinct genus of dinosaur (perhaps nodosaurid), known from its large teeth. Its remains have been found in the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Arundel Formation of Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA and the Potomac Group, also located in Maryland.
| Priconodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Priconodon tooth in multiple views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Suborder: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Nodosauridae |
| Genus: | †Priconodon |
| Species: | †P. crassus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Priconodon crassus Marsh, 1888 | |
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