Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Full reference: K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, D. L. Burge and J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated skull of a new primitive ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 211-238
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017
See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Arbour et al. 2020, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2008, Carpenter et al. 2001, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland and Loewen 2011, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Parsons and Parsons 2009 and Vickaryous et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Ahshislepelta, Aletopelta, Ankylosaurinae, Bissektipelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae
Subtaxa: Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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