Dinosaur
Anodontosaurus
Its name tells a story of scientific confusion: Anodontosaurus did have teeth.
Its name tells a story of scientific confusion: Anodontosaurus did have teeth. Bony plates covered its low, broad body, and a wide club with pointed ends tipped its tail. It walked on four short legs and used its mouth to cut and process plants, not to hunt.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Anodontosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ankylosauridae
- Ankylosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Anodontosaurus
Remains have been found in Alberta, western Canada. The fossils allow study of both the armor and differences between ages, helping avoid mistaking a young animal for a separate species.
Its name means ‘toothless lizard’, but it was not really toothless. The preservation of the first skull misled its researchers; new analyses showed that this impression came from the fossil’s condition.
Its name means ‘toothless lizard’, but it was not really toothless. The preservation of the first skull misled its researchers; new analyses showed that this impression came from the fossil’s condition.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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