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armored dinosaur
Anodontosaurus
Say it like this: “an-o-DONT-o-SOR-us”
Anodontosaurus lambei
Anodontosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1929 · Sternberg, C. M.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4–5 m · 13–16 ft
- Weight
- 2 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada · Horseshoe Canyon
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Anodontosaurus dates to 1929, the year C. M. Sternberg described it. The name means “toothless lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Anodontosaurus at a length near 4–5 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Anodontosaurus lambei. Other named species include Anodontosaurus inceptus.
Other species with this name
- Anodontosaurus lambei
- Anodontosaurus inceptus
Close relatives
Akainacephalus
Akainacephalus johnsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Bissektipelta
Bissektipelta archibaldi
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago