Scolosaurus Nopcsa 1928 (thorn lizard)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. Palaeontological notes on reptiles. VI. Scolosaurus cutleri, a new dinosaur. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1(1):54-74

Parent taxon: Euoplocephalini according to P. Penkalski 2018

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2013, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Blows 2014, Burns 2008, Carpenter 2001, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1986, Currie 2005, Dodson 1983, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Gilmore 1933, Kuhn 1964, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Parsch 1963, Penkalski and Blows 2013, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Ryan and Evans 2005, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Anodontosaurus, Dyoplosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Platypelta

Subtaxa: Scolosaurus cutleri Scolosaurus thronus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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