Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Alternative combination: Polacanthus foxi
Synonyms: Euacanthus vectianus Owen 1897 [objective synonym], Polacanthus becklesi Hennig 1924
Full reference: A.W. Grabau. 1921. Textbook of Geology. Part II. Historical Geology 1-976
Belongs to Polacanthus according to P. M. Barrett and S. C. R. Maidment 2011
See also Abel 1908, Abel 1924, Anonymous 1932, Blows 1978, Blows 1982, Blows 1983, Blows 1987, Blows 1996, Blows 1998, Blows 2001, Bodily 1970, Borinder et al. 2016, Breeden et al. 2021, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Cheevely and Chapman 1992, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 1983, Galton 2009, Galton and Ayyasami 2017, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Gasulla et al. 2011, Grabau 1921, Han et al. 2014, Hennig 1915, Hulke 1881, Hutt et al. 1989, Jackson 1933, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kirkland and Loewen 2011, Kirkland et al. 2016, Knoll et al. 1998, Kuhn 1964, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1892, Madsen and Miller 1979, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Molnar and Wiffen 1994, Naish and Martill 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Naish and Martill 2008, Newton 1889, Nopcsa 1901, Norman 1997, Norman 2004, Perales-Gogenola et al. 2019, Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett 1999, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 1999, Pereda-Suberbiola 1993, Pereda-Suberbiola 1994, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Swinton 1934, Swinton 1936, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tennyson 1897, Van Den Broeck 1900, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Wang et al. 2020, Winkler 1893, Woodward and Sherborn 1890 and Yang et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Polacanthus rudgwickensis
Type specimens:
- Polacanthus foxii: BMNH R.175, a partial skeleton (scapulocoracoid). Its type locality is east of Barne's Chine (BMNH), which is in a Barremian marine claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Euacanthus vectianus: BMNH R.175, a partial skeleton.
- Polacanthus becklesi: BMNH R.1926. Its type locality is Isle of Wight (general), which is in a Berriasian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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