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Parankylosauria

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Parankylosauria was named by Soto-Acuña et al. (2021). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ankylosauria by Soto-Acuña et al. (2021), Fonseca et al. (2024), Soto-Acuña et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Antarctopelta, Kunbarrasaurus, Stegouros
Entered
by E. Dunne on 2021-12-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Parankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al.
2024Parankylosauria Fonseca et al.
2024Parankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—ParapredentataNorman 2022
—SaphornithischiaMadzia et al. 2001
—PrionodontiaOwen 1874
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
superfamilyThyreophoroidea()
—Eurypoda
—Ankylosauria()
—Parankylosauria
—Parankylosauria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Parankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al. 2021
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G. †Antarctopelta Salgado and Gasparini 2006
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†Antarctopelta oliveroi Salgado and Gasparini 2006
G. †Kunbarrasaurus Leahey et al. 2015
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†Kunbarrasaurus ieversi Leahey et al. 2015
G. †Stegouros Soto-Acuña et al. 2021
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†Stegouros elengassen Soto-Acuña et al. 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Kunbarrasaurus sp. (236629) Minmi sp. (47057)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Thyreophora indet. (47059)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Chile (Última Esperanza) Stegouros elengassen (210130)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Parankylosauria indet. (166583 231448)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Parankylosauria indet. (231354)