Stegouros Soto-Acuña et al. 2021 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: S. Soto-Acuña, A. O. Vargas, J. Kaluza, M. A. Leppe, J. F. Botelho, J. Palma-Liberona, C. Simon-Gutstein, R. A. Fernández, H. Ortiz, V. Milla, B. Aravena, L. M. E. Manríquez, J. Alarcón-Muñoz, J. Pino, C. Trevisan, H. Mansilla, L. Hinojosa, V. Muñoz-Walther, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2021. Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic Chile. Nature 600:259-263

Parent taxon: Parankylosauria according to S. Soto-Acuña et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Stegouros elengassen

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at SP-17, Saurópodo sector (eastern flank of Río de Las Chinas Valley) (Cretaceous of Chile)

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