Ancistrodon
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Ancistrodon
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- Lived
- 56 to 48 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Group
- Early dinosaurs
- Found in
- Saudi Arabia
- Named by
- Huxley 1865
Field notes
About Ancistrodon
Ancistrodon was an early dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 56 to 48 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ancistrodon, from Saudi Arabia. Its fossils come from the Umm al-Rua’us Formation. It was named by Huxley in 1865.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
66 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Dinosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology DatabaseNamed in: T. H. Huxley. 1865. On a collection of vertebrate fossils from the Panchet rocks, Ranigunj, Bengal. Palaeontologia Indica 4:1-24