Hoplitosaurus Lucas 1902 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1902. Paleontological notes. The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi. Science, new series 16(402):435

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017

See also Blows 2001, Bodily 1970, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Carroll 1988, Coombs 1978, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Ford 2000, Galton 1980, Galton 1983, Gilmore 1914, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kirkland and Loewen 2011, Knoll et al. 1998, Kuhn 1964, Lucas 1902, Lull 1921, Madsen and Miller 1979, Maleev 1956, Molnar 1984, Nopcsa 1923, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Pereda-Suberbiola 1993, Pereda-Suberbiola 1994, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and von Zittel 1911

Sister taxa: Acantholipan, Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, Dongyangopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Gargoyleosaurus, Gastonia, Glyptodontopelta, Hungarosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Invictarx, Mymoorapelta, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Patagopelta, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Propanoplosaurus, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Sauroplites, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hylosaurus, Acanthopholinae, Hoplosaurus

Subtaxa: Hoplitosaurus marshi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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