Acantholipan

spiny Lipan (Apache)

• akantha · Greek · thorn, spine
• Lipan · Apache (ethnonym) · the Lipan Apache people, who historically lived in the region where the fossil was found

Acantholipan combines the Greek "akantha" (thorn or spine) with "Lipan", the Lipan Apache people who once lived in northern Mexico and the nearby region. The name refers to this armoured dinosaur's spiny body armour and honours the region's Indigenous history.

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Mexico

A nodosaurid ankylosaur (armoured dinosaur) from northern Mexico. The type species is Acantholipan gonzalezi. I am not certain of the exact author, year, formation or stage, so I have left those fields blank.