Hoplitosaurus marshi Lucas 1901 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Alternative combinations: Polacanthus marshi, Stegosaurus marshi

Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1901. A new dinosaur, Stegosaurus marshi, from the Lower Cretaceous of South Dakota. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1224):591-592

Belongs to Hoplitosaurus according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004

See also Blows 1987, Blows 1996, Blows 2001, Bodily 1970, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Carpenter et al. 2001, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 1980, Galton 1983, Gilmore 1914, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kirkland et al. 2016, Kuhn 1964, Lucas 1901, Lucas 1902, Lull 1921, Madsen and Miller 1979, Mook 1916, Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett 1999, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 1999, Pereda-Suberbiola 1994, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003 and Stromer 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 4752. Its type locality is Calico Canyon (USNM), which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Lakota Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Calico Canyon (USNM)

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