Hoplosaurus Seeley 1881 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1881. The reptile fauna of the Gosau Formation preserved in the Geological Museum of the University of Vienna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 37(148):620-707

Parent taxon: Acanthopholididae according to O. Kuhn 1964

See also Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Lydekker 1895, Marsh 1896, Nopcsa 1901, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1882, Seeley 1881, Steel 1970, von Zittel 1911 and Zittel 1890

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hoplosaurus in the database

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