Tarchia kielanae Maryanska 1977 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Alternative combination: Tarchia kielenae

Synonyms: Minotaurasaurus ramachandrami Miles and Miles 2009, Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani Miles and Miles 2009

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

Belongs to Tarchia according to J.-Y. Park et al. 2021

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Arbour et al. 2012, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2011, Ford 2000, Han et al. 2014, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013, Leahey and Salisbury 2013, Maryanska 1977, Miles and Miles 2009, Osmólska 1997, Penkalski and Tumanova 2017, Tumanova 1977, Tumanova 1978, Tumanova 1987, Tumanova 2000 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Tarchia teresae, Tarchia tumanovae

Type specimens:

  • Tarchia kielanae: ZPal MgD-I/111, a partial skull (posterior part of skull roof, braincase and partial occiput). Its type locality is Khulsan, Central Cliffs, site 6 [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
  • Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani: INBR21004, a skull.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Khulsan, Central Cliffs, site 6 [PMPE]

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