Akainacephalus
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Akainacephalus
DV-1010 · type species Akainacephalus johnsoni
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Wiersma and Irmis 2018
Field notes
About Akainacephalus
Akainacephalus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Akainacephalus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Kaiparowits Formation. It was named by Wiersma and Irmis in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. P. Wiersma and R. B. Irmis. 2018. A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA. PeerJ 6(e5016)