Ancistrodon

Field photograph to come

DV-0021Umm al-Rua’us Fm., Saudi Arabia

Ancistrodon

DV-0021

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

1 find

66 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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