Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Arbour and Evans 2017, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Ford 2000, Han et al. 2014, Kuhn 1966, Maryanska 1971, Nopcsa 1923, 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: Ahshislepelta, Aletopelta, Bissektipelta, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Huaxiazhoulong, Liaoningosaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae
Subtaxa: Ankylosaurini Ankylosaurus Crichtonpelta Euoplocephalini Jinyunpelta Minotaurasaurus Nodocephalosaurus Oohkotokia Pinacosaurus Saichania Talarurus Tarchia Tsagantegia Zaraapelta Zuul
Type: Ankylosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (41: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), China (15), Mongolia (27), United States (34: Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (3)
Total: 120 collections including 121 occurrences