Species
Valid Extinct

Archaeodontosaurus descouensi

Buffetaut 2005

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Archaeodontosaurus Genus
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Archaeodontosaurus descouensi Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇬 Madagascar
2
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
E. Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Societé Géologique de France 176(5):467-473 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso. 2021. Sauropod teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, and the oldest record of Titanosauriformes. Papers in Palaeontology 7(1):137-161 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Societé Géologique de France 176(5):467-473 DOI ↗