Patagopelta Riguetti et al. 2022 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: F. Riguetti, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, D. Ponce, L. Salgado, S. Apesteguía, S. Rozadilla, and V. Arbour. 2022. A new small-bodied ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia (Río Negro Province, Argentina). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):2137441

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to F. Riguetti et al. 2022

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

Subtaxa: Patagopelta cristata

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Type: Patagopelta cristata

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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