†unranked clade Parankylosauria 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: Ankylosauria according to S. Soto-Acuña et al. 2021

See also Soto-Acuña et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Ankylosauridae, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptodraco, Cryptosaurus, Dracopelta, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Kunbarrasaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauridae, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Polacanthidae, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Vectipelta, Zhejiangosaurus

Subtaxa: Antarctopelta Stegouros

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Chile (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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