Oohkotokia

large stone

• oohkotok · Blackfoot · large stone
• -ia · Latinized suffix · noun-forming genus ending

The name comes from the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) word "oohkotok", meaning "large stone". It refers to the heavily armoured, stone-like body of this ankylosaurid and honours the Blackfoot people, on whose reservation lands the fossil was found. The only named species, O. horneri, honours paleontologist Jack Horner.

Named by

Penkalski

Year named

2013

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Two Medicine Formation, Montana, USA

An armoured ankylosaurid dinosaur. Some researchers have suggested it may be a synonym of Scolosaurus, but it is generally treated as valid. The exact name roots are given from memory and could use checking against the original description.