Mymoorapelta maysi Kirkland and Carpenter 1994 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

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

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

See also Blows 2001, Carpenter 2001, Chure et al. 2006, Clark 2001, Ford 2000, Foster et al. 2016, Galton 2007, Galton 2019, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Han et al. 2014, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kirkland and Carpenter 1994, Kirkland et al. 1998, Mateus 2006 and Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MWC 1815. Its type locality is Mygatt-Moore Quarry, lower mudstone, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian pond mudstone/conglomerate in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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