Full reference: J. I. Kirkland and K. Carpenter. 1994. North America's first pre-Cretaceous ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 40:25-42
Parent taxon: Ankylosauria according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024
See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Blows 2001, Blows and Honeysett 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 1996, Chure et al. 2006, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 2007, Galton 2019, Han et al. 2014, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Kirkland 1998, Kirkland and Carpenter 1994, Kirkland et al. 1998, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Yang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptodraco, Cryptosaurus, Dracopelta, Euankylosauria, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Parankylosauria, Polacanthidae, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Vectipelta, Zhejiangosaurus
Subtaxa: Mymoorapelta maysi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Colorado, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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