Acantholipan
Field photograph to come
Acantholipan
DV-1009 · type species Acantholipan gonzalezi
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- Mexico
- Named by
- Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018
Field notes
About Acantholipan
Acantholipan was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Acantholipan, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Pen Formation. It was named by Rivera-Sylva et al. in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, and W. Stinnesbeck, G. Carbot-Chanona, I. E. Sanchez-Uribe, J. R. Guzman-Gutierrez. 2018. Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137(1):83-93