Ampelognathus
Field photograph to come
Ampelognathus
DV-1199 · type species Ampelognathus coheni
- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Tykoski et al. 2023
Field notes
About Ampelognathus
Ampelognathus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ampelognathus, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Lewisville Formation. It was named by Tykoski et al. in 2023.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rhabdodontomorpha.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. S. Tykoski, D. L. Contreras, and C. Noto. 2023. The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur fromthe Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(2):e2257238:1-10