Nodosaurus textilis Marsh 1889 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Alternative combination: Nodosaurus testilis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of gigantic horned Dinosauria from the Cretaceous. American Journal of Science 38:173-175

Belongs to Nodosaurus according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004

See also Blows 2001, Bodily 1970, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Depéret 1896, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huene 1927, Kirkland et al. 2013, Knoll et al. 1998, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1899, Lambe 1899, Lull 1921, Marsh 1889, Marsh 1896, Molnar 1980, Molnar and Wiffen 1994, Nopcsa 1901, Osi and Makádi 2009, Perrier 1928, Russell 1930, Sereno 1986, Tatarinov 1964 and Turner 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 1815, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is west slope, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine horizon in the Frontier Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at west slope, Como Bluff (YPM)

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