Propanoplosaurus marylandicus Stanford et al. 2011 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: R. Stanford, D. B. Weishampel, and V. B. Deleon. 2011. The first hatchling dinosaur reported from the eastern United States: Propanoplosaurus marylandicus (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Maryland, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 85(5):916-924

Belongs to Propanoplosaurus according to R. Stanford et al. 2011

See also Weems and Bachman 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 540686, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Langley Park, which is in an Aptian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/claystone in the Patuxent Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Langley Park

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