Archaeodontosaurus
Field photograph to come
Archaeodontosaurus
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- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Madagascar
- Named by
- Buffetaut 2005
Field notes
About Archaeodontosaurus
Archaeodontosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Archaeodontosaurus, from Madagascar. Its fossils come from the Isalo IIIb Formation. It was named by Buffetaut in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Societé Géologique de France 176(5):467-473