Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Alternative combination: Crichtonsaurus benxiensis
Full reference: J. Lü, Q. Ji, Y. Gao and Z. Li. 2007. A new species of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Crichtonsaurus (Ankylosauridae: Ankylosauria) from the Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):883-897
Belongs to Crichtonpelta according to J. Yang et al. 2017
See also Arbour and Currie 2013, Arbour and Currie 2016, Carpenter et al. 2011, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland et al. 2013, Lü et al. 2007 and Xing et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BXGM V0012, a skull. Its type locality is Beipiao ankylosaur site (PROXY), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Sunjiawan Formation of China.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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