Acantholipan gonzalezi Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck, G. Carbot-Chanona, I. E. Sanchez-Uribe and J. R. Guzman-Gutierrez. 2018. Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137(1):83-93

Belongs to Acantholipan according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC 272, a set of postcrania (One dorsal vertebra, one caudal vertebra, one rib fragment, the distal end of a left humerus, a left ulna, the distal end of a left femur, and one distal thorac). Its type locality is Los Primos, south of San Miguel, which is in a Campanian marginal marine shale in the Pen Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Los Primos, south of San Miguel

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