Stegopelta landerensis Williston 1905 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22(564):503

Belongs to Stegopelta according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Blows 2001, Blows 2014, Bodily 1970, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Carpenter et al. 2001, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Osi and Makádi 2009, Russell 1930, Russell 1940, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Williston 1905

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH UR88, a partial skeleton (?maxilla with three partial alveoli, ?indeterminate skull fragments, seven cervical vertebrae, two dorsal vertebrae, portions of the synsa- crum, proximal cauda). Its type locality is Conant Creek, Lander, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay shale/claystone in the Frontier Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Conant Creek, Lander

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