Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Full reference: W. T. Blows. 1996. A new species of Polacanthus (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Sussex, England. Geological Magazine 133(6):671-682
Belongs to Polacanthus according to P. M. Barrett and S. C. R. Maidment 2011
See also Batten and Austen 2011, Blows 1996, Blows 1998, Blows 2001, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Gasulla et al. 2011, Han et al. 2014, Naish and Martill 2001, Naish and Martill 2008, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 1999, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003 and Vickaryous et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Polacanthus foxii
Type specimen: HORSM 1988.1546. Its type locality is Rudgwick Brickworks Quarry, which is in a Barremian terrestrial marl/claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Rudgwick Brickworks Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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