Synonym: Apraedentalia Huene 1948
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1923. Two Lower Cretaceous dinosaurs of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 95:1-10
Parent taxon: Thyreophora according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Evans 2017, Bakker 1986, Bakker and Galton 1974, Benton 1979, Benton 1990, Bonaparte 1978, Brown et al. 2017, Buchholz 2002, Buffetaut 1995, Butler et al. 2008, Carpenter 2001, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Chure et al. 2006, de Valais et al. 2003, Dong 1993, Gasparini et al. 2015, Han et al. 2012, Huene 1948, Huene 1954, Krebs 1974, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Leahey et al. 2015, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Maryanska and Osmólska 1985, McGinnis 1982, McIntosh 1981, Murray et al. 2019, Norman et al. 2004, Ostrom 1965, Ostrom 1980, Parish and Barrett 2004, Parsch 1963, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Peng et al. 2001, Penkalski and Tumanova 2017, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rozadilla et al. 2021, Russell 1984, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1971, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Tumanova 1987, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Weishampel 2004, Yang et al. 2013, Zheng et al. 2018 and Zhu et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Andhrasaurus, Bienosaurus, Bienosaurus lufengensis, Emausaurus, Jakapil, Lusitanosaurus, Lusitanosaurus liasicus, Omosaurus hastiger, Peishansaurus, Scelidosauria, Scelidosauridae, Scelidosaurus, Scelidosaurus arizonensis, Scutellosaurus, Sinopeltosaurus, Stegosauria, Stegosaurides, Stegosauromorpha, Tatisaurus, Taveirosaurus, Thyreophoroidea, Yuxisaurus
Subtaxa: Acanthopholis Acanthopholis eucercus Acanthopholis macrocercus Ankylosauridae Brachypodosaurus Crichtonsaurus Cryptodraco Cryptosaurus Dracopelta Heishansaurus Hierosaurus Kunbarrasaurus Metatetrapous Nodosauridae Nodosauroidea Palaeoscincus Palaeoscincus costatus Parankylosauria Polacanthidae Polacanthoides Priconodon Priodontognathus Qijiangpus Rhadinosaurus Rhodanosaurus Sarcolestes Sinankylosaurus Spicomellus Stegosaurus madagascariensis Tianchiasaurus Vectipelta Zhejiangosaurus