Panoplosaurus mirus Lambe 1919 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Alternative combinations: Panoplosaurus minor, Panoplosaurus miris

Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1919. Description of a new genus and species (Panoplosaurus mirus) of an armoured dinosaur from the Belly River Beds of Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 13:39-50

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

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Bakker 1988, Barrett 2001, Bodily 1970, Breeden et al. 2021, Burns 2008, Burns and Lucas 2015, Carpenter 1990, Carpenter 2001, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1990, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Currie 2005, Eberth et al. 2001, Ford 2000, Galton 1983, Gilmore 1923, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1919, Longrich 2008, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parks 1924, Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett 1999, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Russell 1930, Russell 1940, Russell 1964, Russell 1966, Ryan and Evans 2005, Simmons 1965, Stanford et al. 2011, Sternberg 1921, Sternberg 1928, Vickaryous 2006 and Weishampel et al. 1991

Sister taxon: Panoplosaurus rugosidens

Type specimen: NMC 2759, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 8, Little Sandhill Creek (NMC), which is in a Campanian channel lag sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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