Niobrarasaurus Carpenter et al. 1995 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: K. Carpenter, D. W. Dilkes, and D. B. Weishampel. 1995. The dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Kansas). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):275-297

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

See also Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 1995, Carpenter and Everhart 2007, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 2019, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

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

Subtaxa: Niobrarasaurus coleii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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