Archaeodontosaurus Knowpia

Archaeodontosaurus; Temporal range: Bajocian-Bathonian; ~168–165 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Multiple views of a tooth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Genus:	†Archaeodontosaurus; Buffetaut, 2005
Species:	†A. descouensi
Binomial name
	†Archaeodontosaurus descouensi; Buffetaut, 2005

Archaeodontosaurus ("ancient-toothed lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar. The type species, Archaeodontosaurus descouensi, was described in September 2005. The specific name honours the collector, Didier Descouens. It is a probable sauropod, with prosauropod-like teeth.^[1] It may be a basal member of Gravisauria.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References edit

^ Éric Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 176(5), 467–473.
^ D. Pol; J. Ramezani; K. Gomez; J. L. Carballido; A. Paulina Carabajal; O. W. M. Rauhut; I. H. Escapa; N. R. Cúneo (2020). "Extinction of herbivorous dinosaurs linked to Early Jurassic global warming event". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1939): Article ID 20202310. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.2310. PMC 7739499. PMID 33203331. S2CID 226982302.
^ Gomez, Kevin; Carballido, Jose; Pol, Diego (2021). "The axial skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1176. hdl:11336/166827. S2CID 245184635.
^ Rincón, Aldo F.; Raad Pájaro, Daniel A.; Jiménez Velandia, Harold F.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A. (2022). "A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42: e2077112. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2077112. S2CID 251501541.