Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Synonym: Edmontonia australis Ford 2000
Full reference: T. L. Ford. 2000. A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:157-176
Belongs to Glyptodontopelta according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Burns 2007, Burns 2008, Burns and Lucas 2015, Burns and Sullivan 2011, Carpenter 2001, Ford 2000, Jasinski 2015, Jasinski et al. 2011, Sullivan and Lucas 2010 and Vickaryous et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Glyptodontopelta mimus: USNM 8610, an osteoderm (co-ossified pelvic osteoderms (portion of pelvic shield), isolated thoracic and pelvic osteoderms, osteoderm fragments from cervical/pectoral rings). Its type locality is 1 mile southwest of Ojo Alamo Store (USNM), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Ojo Alamo Formation of New Mexico.
- Edmontonia australis: NMMNH P-25063, an osteoderm.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (11: New Mexico collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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