Ahshislepelta minor Burns and Sullivan 2011 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: M. E. Burns and R. M. Sullivan. 2011. A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, with comments on the diversity of ankylosaurids in New Mexico. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:169-178

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

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Jasinski 2015 and Penkalski 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMP VP-1930, a set of postcrania (associated incomplete postcra- nial skeleton, including both scapulocoracoids, left humerus, proximal portion of left radius, vertebral frag- ments, osteoderms ). Its type locality is south side, Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash (SMP), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at south side, Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash (SMP)

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