Shamosaurus Tumanova 1983 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: T. A. Tumanova. 1983. Pervyy ankilozavr iz nizhnego mela Mongolii [The first ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia]. In L. P. Tatarinov, R. Barsbold, E. Vorobyeva, B. Luvsandanzan, B. A. Trofimov, Yu. A. Reshetov, & M. A. Shishkin (eds.), Iskopayemyye reptilii mongolii [Fossil Reptiles of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 24:110-118

Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Arbour and Currie 2016, Barrett 2001, Barsbold 1997, Carpenter 2001, Ford 2000, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland 1998, Kirkland and Loewen 2011, Lü et al. 2007, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Tumanova 1983, Tumanova 1986, Tumanova 1987, Tumanova 2000, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous et al. 2001 and Vickaryous and Ryan 1997

Sister taxa: Ahshislepelta, Aletopelta, Ankylosaurinae, Bissektipelta, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurinae, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae

Subtaxa: Shamosaurus scutatus

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Type: Shamosaurus scutatus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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