[D] Acanthopholis horridus [T]
Describer
Huxley, 1867
Time
Cretaceous Early Cretaceous Late Aptian Albian Cenomanian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Upper Green sand Formations, Kent, Cambridge Green sand Formations, Cambridgeshire, England
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Acanthopholis
Info
Typespecies
Acanthopholis = Syngonosaurus (Seeley, 1879 ), Eucerosaurus (Seeley, 1879 ) Acanthopholis > A.horridus (Huxley, 1867) >> A.macrocerus (Seeley, 1869 partim) A. platypus (Seeley, 1869 partim) A.stereocercus (Seeley, 1869 partim)
Acanthopholis horridus is based on teeth, postcranial elements, armor plates, mostly fragmentary remains that may or may not pertain to a single individual/species. Assignment of Acanthopholis horridus to the Nodosauridae is based primarily on tooth structure and presence of tall conical spines and keeled plates that are or slightly convex medially. A.horridus is certainly a small nodosaurid, it may be a nomen dubium (Coombs,1971). There is a lot of referred material that does not obviously belong to this taxon.
Huxley, 1867
Time
Cretaceous Early Cretaceous Late Aptian Albian Cenomanian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Upper Green sand Formations, Kent, Cambridge Green sand Formations, Cambridgeshire, England
Fall Under
Acanthopholis
Info
Typespecies
Acanthopholis = Syngonosaurus (Seeley, 1879 ), Eucerosaurus (Seeley, 1879 ) Acanthopholis > A.horridus (Huxley, 1867) >> A.macrocerus (Seeley, 1869 partim) A. platypus (Seeley, 1869 partim) A.stereocercus (Seeley, 1869 partim)
Acanthopholis horridus is based on teeth, postcranial elements, armor plates, mostly fragmentary remains that may or may not pertain to a single individual/species. Assignment of Acanthopholis horridus to the Nodosauridae is based primarily on tooth structure and presence of tall conical spines and keeled plates that are or slightly convex medially. A.horridus is certainly a small nodosaurid, it may be a nomen dubium (Coombs,1971). There is a lot of referred material that does not obviously belong to this taxon.