Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to F. Han et al. 2014
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Evans 2017, Ford 2000, Maryanska 1971, Nopcsa 1923, Nopcsa 1929, Penkalski 2018, Penkalski and Tumanova 2017, Russell and Chamney 1967, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Tumanova 1983, Tumanova 1987, Tumanova 1993, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous et al. 2001, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997 and Zheng et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Ankylosaurus, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Crichtonsaurus, Gobisaurus, Heishansaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Minmi, Nodocephalosaurus, Palaeoscincus asper, Pinacosaurus, Polacanthinae, Saichania, Shamosaurinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae, Talarurus, Tarchia, Tsagantegia, Zhongyuanosaurus, Ziapelta
Subtaxa: Ahshislepelta Ankylosaurini Euoplocephalini Jinyunpelta Minotaurasaurus Oohkotokia Shanxia Tianzhenosaurus Zaraapelta Zuul
Type: Ankylosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (36: Alberta collections), China (4), Mongolia (1), United States (13: Montana, New Mexico, Utah), Uzbekistan (3)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence