Acantholipan Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck, G. Carbot-Chanona, I. E. Sanchez-Uribe and J. R. Guzman-Gutierrez. 2018. Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137(1):83-93

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, Dongyangopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Gargoyleosaurus, Gastonia, Glyptodontopelta, Hoplitosaurus, Hungarosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Invictarx, Mymoorapelta, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Patagopelta, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Propanoplosaurus, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Sauroplites, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hoplosaurus, Hylosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Acantholipan gonzalezi

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Type: Acantholipan gonzalezi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Los Primos, south of San Miguel (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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