| Acantholipan | ||||
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| Name | Acantholipan | |||
| Order | Nodosauridae | |||
| Suborder | Ankylosauridae | |||
| Class | Tyreophora | |||
| Period | Late Cretaceous (95-65 mya) | |||
| Location | Coahuila (Mexico) | |||
| Diet | Herbivorous | |||
| Date of Discovery | 2018 by Rivera-Sylva et al., | |||
Acantholipan is an extinct of genus of nodosaur from the Late Cretaceous Pen Formation in Coahuila, Mexico. The type and only species, Acantholipan gonzalezi, was named by Rivera-Sylva et al., 2018. Known remains include isolated bones and osteoderms.
Discovery and naming[]
In the north of Mexico, fragmentary fossils have been found of nodosaurids.
Paleogeography[]
A. gonzalezi is the first named Ankylosaur from Mexico that adds to the currently rare nodosaurid diversity from southern Laramidia.
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