Phyllodon

This article is about the genus of dinosaur. For the genus of moss, see Phyllodon (plant).

Phyllodon
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic
Holotype tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Genus: †Phyllodon
Thulborn, 1973
Species:
†P. henkeli
Binomial name
†Phyllodon henkeli
Thulborn, 1973

Phyllodon (meaning "leaf tooth") is a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Camadas de Guimarota Formation of Leiria, Portugal and possibly also the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Chipping Norton Limestone of England. It may have been closely related to contemporaneous ornithischian dinosaurs from North America. This genus is known from teeth and possibly partial lower jaws. The name is also in use for a genus of modern moss, but this is not considered to be a problem because the two organisms are in two different kingdoms.

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