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Anodontosaurus Anodontosaurus lambei Sternberg 1929
/ˌænədˌɔntəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formation
Horseshoe Canyon
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Anodontosaurus lambei is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by Sternberg 1929. The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Anodontosaurus lambei sits in deep time
Anodontosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Anodontosaurus lambei's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.