Animantarx

DV-0432

Lived: 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
Found in: United States
Named by: Carpenter et al. 1999

Field notes

About Animantarx

Animantarx was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Animantarx, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Carpenter et al. in 1999.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Nodosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, and D. Burge, J. Bird. 1999. Ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, and their stratigraphic distribution. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, D. D. Gillette (ed.), Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:243-251