Dongyangopelta yangyanensis Chen et al. 2013 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: R. Chen, W. Zheng, Y. Azuma, M. Shibata, T. Lou, Q. Jin, and X. Jin. 2013. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):658-671

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

See also Borinder et al. 2016, Chen et al. 2013 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DYM F0136, a set of postcrania (dorsosacral vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, dorsal ribs, partial right ilium, right femur, three pedal phalanges, osteoderms and ossified tendons). Its type locality is Pinglinggang Hill, Yangyan Village, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian lacustrine sandstone in the Chaochuan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Pinglinggang Hill, Yangyan Village

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