Genus: Colpodontosaurus ESTES, 1969
Etymology: Greek, kolpos, "hollow", Greek, odontos,"tooth" and Greek, sauros, "lizard."

Species: cracens ESTES, 1969
Etymology: Greek, cracens, "slender."

Holotype: UCMP 46608

Locality: UCMP V-5620, Lull Quarry, near the head of a tributary of Buck Creek, Powder River Basin, Niobrara County (Formerly Converse County), Wyoming.

Horizon: Lance Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Left dentary lacking anterior end, all teeth broken at their tips.

Referred material:

UCMP 49958: Posterior fragment of right maxilla.

UCMP 49957: Posterior fragment of left maxilla.

 

Locality: UC locality V-5825, Powder River Basin, Eastern Wyoming.

Horizon: Lance Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UCMP 54263: Dentary fragment.

 

ESTES, BERBERIAN & MESZOELY, 1969

Locality: Bug Creek Anthills locality, McCone County, Montana.

Horizon: Hell Creek Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

MCZ 3663: Well-worn fragments of dentaries and maxillae.

 

GAO & FOX, 1996

Locality: KUA-3, Stettler County, Alberta Province, Canada.

Horizon: Scollard Formation, Uppermost Edmonton Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian Age, uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UALVP 33388: Fragmentary left dentary.

 

Locality: UCMP V-5711, Bushy Tailed Blowout, Quarry area includes the floor of a small blowout approximately 10 yards northwest of the highest point on the ridge forming the northeastern side of the blowouts of loc. V-5003, S 1/2, Sec. 20, T37N, R64W, Lance Creek, Powder River Basin, Niobrara County, Wyoming.

Horizon: Lance Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UALVP 29785, 29786: Fragmentary dentaries.