Acantholipan gonzalezi

†Acantholipan gonzalezi was an ankylosaur from the Late Cretaceous (~80 Ma) of Coahuila, Mexico. A nodosaurid ankylosaur without a tail club, it was a quadrupedal herbivore armored with osteoderms along its back and sides. Named by Rivera-Sylva et al. in 2018, it represents one of the few ankylosaurs known from Mexico.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Acantholipan gonzalezi was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Acantholipan gonzalezi lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.