[D] Anodontosaurus lambei [jG]
Describer
Sternberg, 1929
Time
Cretaceous Late
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Edmonton Formation, Alberta, Canada
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Euoplocephalus tutus
Info
Genus
Euoplocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) = Stereocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) >> Palaeoscincus asper (Lambe, 1902) Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus (Parks, 1924) Scolosaurus cutleri (Nopcsa, 1928) Anodontosaurus lambei (Sternberg, 1929)
\\\"toothless reptile\\\" Named to indicate the supposed \\\"first toothless member of the Stegosauria to be recorded.\\\" Only the front of the jaws was actually toothless, however.
Sternberg 1929: Type of species No. 8530, Geological Survey, Canada consists of skull, left mandibular ramus, one caudal vertebra with co-ossified chevron, one phalanx, and many dermal scutes. It was collected by G.F. Sternberg in 1916, from the Edmonton Formation, 90 feet above Red Deer River, in sec. 3, tp. 21, range 31, W. 4th prin. mer. This locality is about 8 miles southwest of Morrin, Alberta, and the horizon is near the middle of the Edmonton beds.
Sternberg, 1929
Time
Cretaceous Late
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Edmonton Formation, Alberta, Canada
Fall Under
Euoplocephalus tutus
Info
Genus
Euoplocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) = Stereocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) >> Palaeoscincus asper (Lambe, 1902) Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus (Parks, 1924) Scolosaurus cutleri (Nopcsa, 1928) Anodontosaurus lambei (Sternberg, 1929)
\\\"toothless reptile\\\" Named to indicate the supposed \\\"first toothless member of the Stegosauria to be recorded.\\\" Only the front of the jaws was actually toothless, however.
Sternberg 1929: Type of species No. 8530, Geological Survey, Canada consists of skull, left mandibular ramus, one caudal vertebra with co-ossified chevron, one phalanx, and many dermal scutes. It was collected by G.F. Sternberg in 1916, from the Edmonton Formation, 90 feet above Red Deer River, in sec. 3, tp. 21, range 31, W. 4th prin. mer. This locality is about 8 miles southwest of Morrin, Alberta, and the horizon is near the middle of the Edmonton beds.