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