Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Alternative combinations: Dioplosaurus acutosquameus, Dyoplosaurus acutosquameous

Full reference: W. A. Parks. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armoured dinosaur; and notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. University of Toronto Studies, Geological Series 18:1-35

Belongs to Dyoplosaurus according to P. Penkalski 2018

See also Arbour et al. 2009, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2013, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Arbour et al. 2012, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2011, Coombs 1986, Currie 2005, Ford 2000, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Parks 1924, Parks 1924, Parks 1935, Penkalski 2014, Penkalski and Blows 2013, Riabinin 1939, Russell 1930, Russell 1964, Ryan and Evans 2005, Simmons 1965, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ROM 784, a partial skeleton (fragmentary skull, complete caudal series of vertebrae including tail club, ribs, pelvis, hind limb including pes, osteoderms in situ). Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 2, Happy Jack Ferry, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at RTMP Quarry 2, Happy Jack Ferry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.