Alternative combinations: Hoplosaurus armatus, Pelorosaurus armatus
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1859. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés dont on Trouve les Ossements Enfouis dans le Sol de la France et sur leur Comparaison aves les Espèces Propres aux Autres Régions du Globe (Deuxième Edition) [French Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Vertebrate Animals Whose Bones Are Found Buried in the Soil of France and their Comparison with Species Specific to Other Regions of the Globe (Second Edition)] 544
Belongs to Oplosaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004
See also Gervais 1859, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1890, Lydekker 1893, Lydekker 1893, Lydekker 1893, Lydekker 1895, McIntosh 1990, Naish and Martill 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Steel 1970, Van Den Broeck 1900 and Woodward and Sherborn 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R.964, a tooth. Its type locality is Brixton Bay sauropod (BMNH), which is in a Valanginian/Barremian marine claystone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Brixton Bay sauropod (BMNH)
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