Acanthopholis
"Spine Scute"

Length
Time, Million Years Ago
Place
3m - 5.5m
120 - 93.5
England

First Named
Discoverer
Family
1867
Huxley
Ankylosaur

Much iguanodont material has mistakenly been assigned to various members of this genus therefore some doubt has been cast over it.

Type Species Information
After which the Genus is named

Acanthopholis Horrida
Remains: Teeth, postcranial elements

Other Species

Name
Discoverer
Named
Acanthopholis hughesii
Pereda-Superbiola & Barrett
1998

Remains: Dorsal vertebrae, 7 caudal vertebrae, transverse process, 3 phalanges, 7 dermal plates
Doubtful: 4 metapodials

Name
Discoverer
Named
Acanthopholis keepingi
Pereda-Superbiola & Barrett
1998

Remains: Dorsal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, 3 transverse processes, 13 dermal plates
Doubtful: Rib, chevron, metatarsal, 2 phalanges, fragmentary ilium, 2 indeterminate bones

Name
Discoverer
Named
A. macrocercus
Seeley
1869

Remains: 19 cervical, dorsal, sacral, & caudal vertebrae

Name
Discoverer
Named
A. platypus
Seeley
1869

Remains: caudal centra, phalanx

Name
Discoverer
Named
A. stereocerus
Seeley
1869

Remains: caudal vertebrae, dermal spine

© 2002 Gavin Rymill

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