Oohkotokia
Field photograph to come
Oohkotokia
DV-0899 · type species Oohkotokia horneri
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Penkalski 2014
Field notes
About Oohkotokia
Oohkotokia was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Oohkotokia, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Two Medicine Formation. It was named by Penkalski in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Penkalski. 2014. A new ankylosaurid from the late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica