Saichania Maryanska 1977 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Synonyms: Shanxia Barrett et al. 1998, Tianzhenosaurus Pang and Cheng 1998

Full reference: T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151

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

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Barrett 2001, Barrett et al. 1998, Barsbold 1997, Blows 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2008, Carpenter et al. 2011, Carroll 1988, Coombs 1986, Ford 2000, Galton 1983, Han et al. 2014, Kielan-Jaworowska 1984, Kirkland 1998, Longrich et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Maryanska 1977, Osi and Makádi 2009, Pang and Cheng 1998, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Penkalski and Tumanova 2017, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Sereno 1986, Sullivan 2000, Tumanova 1983, Tumanova 1987, Tumanova 2000, Upchurch and Barrett 2000, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Vickaryous et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Ankylosaurini, Ankylosaurus, Crichtonpelta, Euoplocephalini, Jinyunpelta, Minotaurasaurus, Nodocephalosaurus, Oohkotokia, Pinacosaurus, Talarurus, Tarchia, Tsagantegia, Zaraapelta, Zuul

Subtaxa: Saichania chulsanensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Mongolia (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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