Pronunciation: ah-can-tho-lee-pan
Meaning: Spine of the Grey People
Author/s: Rivera-Sylva et al. (2018)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Coahuila, Mexico
Discovery Chart Position: #987
Acantholipan gonzalezi
(Gonzalez' Spine of the Grey People)Etymology
Acantholipan is derived from the Greek "acanthus" (spine) and the Spanish "lipan" (a contraction of "Lépai-Ndé", meaning "grey people": a tribe of Apaches from northern Mexico).
The species epithet, gonzalezi, honours Arturo H. González-González, for his outstanding support to Mexican palaeontology.
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E635831C-D2E3-4CB6-823E-4DB8696F31EC.
Discovery
The remains of Acantholipan were discovered in the Pen Formation at the Los Primos locality, south of the town of San Miguel, municipality of Ocampo, Coahuila, Mexico.
The holotype (CPC 272, housed at the Colección Paleontológica de Coahuila [CPC] at the Museo del Desierto, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico) consists of one back vertebra, one tail vertebra, the end of a left upper arm bone (humerus), a partial lower arm bone (ulna), the end of a left thigh (femur), one rib fragment and an osteodermal spine, that Rivera-Sylva et al. had documented as "Specimen B" in 2011.
