Reptilia - Ornithischia - Polacanthidae
Alternative spelling: Polacanthiidae
Full reference: G. R. Wieland. 1911. Notes on the armored Dinosauria. The American Journal of Science, series 4 31:112-124
Parent taxon: Ankylosauria according to B. Kineer et al. 2016
See also Carpenter 2001, Coombs 1978, Ford 2000, Galton 2007, Galton 2019, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Naish and Martill 2001 and Tumanova 1987
Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Ankylosauridae, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptodraco, Cryptosaurus, Dracopelta, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Kunbarrasaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauridae, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Parankylosauria, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Vectipelta, Zhejiangosaurus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Polacanthus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
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