Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Alternative combination: Nodocephalosaurus kirklandensis
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1999. Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen. et sp. nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Upper Campanian) San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):126-139
Belongs to Nodocephalosaurus according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Burns 2008, Burns and Lucas 2015, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2011, Ford 2000, Han et al. 2014, Jasinski 2015, Kirkland et al. 2013, Penkalski 2014, Sullivan 1999, Sullivan and Fowler 2006, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Sullivan et al. 2005, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Vickaryous et al. 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMP VP-900, a partial skull. Its type locality is SMP Loc. 319, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: New Mexico collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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