Pawpawsaurus Lee 1996 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: Y. -N. Lee. 1996. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithschia) from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):232-245

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

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Barrett 2001, Blows 2001, Blows and Honeysett 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2008, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland 1998, Kirkland et al. 2013, Lee 1996, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Vickaryous 2006, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Vickaryous et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Acantholipan, Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, Dongyangopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Gargoyleosaurus, Gastonia, Glyptodontopelta, Hoplitosaurus, Hungarosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Invictarx, Mymoorapelta, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Patagopelta, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Propanoplosaurus, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Sauroplites, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hylosaurus, Hoplosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Pawpawsaurus campbelli

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Type: Pawpawsaurus campbelli

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at SMU Loc. 263 (upper Paw Paw Fm.) (Cretaceous of Texas)

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