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Nodosaurus
Taxonomy
Nodosaurus was named by Marsh (1889). Its type is Nodosaurus textilis. It is the type genus of Nodosauridae, Nodosaurinae. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Ceratopsia by Zittel (1890); to Ceratopsidae by Depéret (1896); to Stegosauria by Marsh (1889) and Marsh (1899); to Ceratopsia by Gadow (1901); to Acanthopholididae by Nopcsa (1902); to Omosauridae by Huene (1909); to Stegosauridae by Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928), Maleev (1956); to Nodosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929), Ford (2000); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); and to Nodosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hay (1902), Hennig (1915), Lull (1921), Lull (1924), Nopcsa (1928), Hay (1930), Russell (1930), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978), Molnar (1980), Russell (1984), Tumanova (1987), Carroll (1988), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Knoll et al. (1998), Carpenter (2001), Blows (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola (2003), Kirkland et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014), Yang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Ceratopsia by Zittel (1890); to Ceratopsidae by Depéret (1896); to Stegosauria by Marsh (1889) and Marsh (1899); to Ceratopsia by Gadow (1901); to Acanthopholididae by Nopcsa (1902); to Omosauridae by Huene (1909); to Stegosauridae by Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928), Maleev (1956); to Nodosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929), Ford (2000); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); and to Nodosauridae by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hay (1902), Hennig (1915), Lull (1921), Lull (1924), Nopcsa (1928), Hay (1930), Russell (1930), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978), Molnar (1980), Russell (1984), Tumanova (1987), Carroll (1988), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Knoll et al. (1998), Carpenter (2001), Blows (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola (2003), Kirkland et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014), Yang et al. (2017).
Species
N. textilis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Nodosaurus Marsh p. 175 |
| 1890 | Nodosaurus Zittel p. 754 |
| 1895 | Nodosaurus Marsh |
| 1896 | Nodosaurus Depéret p. 185 |
| 1896 | Nodosaurus Marsh p. 243 |
| 1899 | Nodosaurus Marsh |
| 1901 | Nodosaurus Gadow p. 430 |
| 1901 | Nodosaurus Nopcsa p. 214 |
| 1902 | Nodosaurus Hay p. 497 |
| 1902 | Nodosaurus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxvi |
| 1902 | Nodosaurus Nopcsa p. 101 |
| 1909 | Nodosaurus Huene p. 17 |
| 1911 | Nodosaurus von Zittel p. 294 |
| 1915 | Nodosaurus Hennig p. 14 |
| 1921 | Nodosaurus Lull p. 123 |
| 1924 | Nodosaurus Lull p. 243 |
| 1927 | Nodosaurus Huene p. 261 |
| 1928 | Nodosaurus Nopcsa p. 73 |
| 1929 | Nodosaurus Nopcsa p. 70 |
| 1930 | Nodosaurus Hay p. 236 |
| 1930 | Nodosaurus Russell p. 138 |
| 1956 | Nodosaurus Maleev |
| 1956 | Nodosaurus Romer pp. 635-636 |
| 1964 | Nodosaurus Kuhn p. 48 |
| 1964 | Nodosaurus Tatarinov p. 575 |
| 1966 | Nodosaurus Romer p. 370 |
| 1970 | Nodosaurus Swinton p. 254 |
| 1978 | Nodosaurus Coombs p. 144 |
| 1980 | Nodosaurus Molnar p. 82 |
| 1984 | Nodosaurus Russell p. 24 |
| 1987 | Nodosaurus Tumanova p. 14 |
| 1988 | Nodosaurus Carroll |
| 1996 | Nodosaurus Coombs, Jr. and Deméré p. 319 |
| 1998 | Nodosaurus Carpenter and Kirkland p. 251 |
| 1998 | Nodosaurus Knoll et al. p. 62 |
| 2000 | Nodosaurus Ford p. 174 |
| 2001 | Nodosaurus Blows p. 377 |
| 2001 | Nodosaurus Carpenter p. 457 |
| 2001 | Nodosaurus Ford and Kirkland p. 257 |
| 2003 | Nodosaurus Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 161 |
| 2004 | Nodosaurus Vickaryous et al. p. 367 |
| 2013 | Nodosaurus Kirkland et al. p. 7 |
| 2014 | Nodosaurus Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11 |
| 2017 | Nodosaurus Yang et al. p. 786 fig. 5 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available