Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Alternative combination: Anchylosaurus magniventris

Full reference: B. Brown. 1908. The Ankylosauridae, a new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(12):187-201

Belongs to Ankylosaurus according to V. M. Arbour and J. C. Mallon 2017

See also Abel 1908, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2013, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Bodily 1970, Bohlin 1953, Breeden et al. 2021, Breithaupt 1985, Brown 1908, Brown 1914, Buchholz 2002, Burns 2008, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Butler et al. 2008, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter 2004, Carpenter et al. 2011, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1986, Coombs 1990, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Derstler 1994, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Ford 2000, Galton 1983, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huene 1927, Jasinski et al. 2011, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Leahey and Salisbury 2013, Longrich 2008, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Molnar 1980, Molnar and Wiffen 1994, Parks 1924, Penkalski 2014, Russell 1930, Russell 1933, Russell 1964, Simmons 1965, Sternberg 1909, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 5895, a partial skeleton (partial skull, two teeth, five cervical vertebrae, 11 dorsal vertebrae, three caudal vertebrae, right scapulocoracoid, ribs, osteoderms including portions of bo). Its type locality is upper end, Gilbert Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 362.0

Estimated body mass: 6.49 tons based on femur circumference

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.