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Ahshislepelta minor

Reptilia - Ankylosauridae

Taxonomy
Ahshislepelta minor was named by Burns and Sullivan (2011). Its type specimen is SMP VP-1930, a set of postcrania (associated incomplete postcra- nial skeleton, including both scapulocoracoids, left humerus, proximal portion of left radius, vertebral frag- ments, osteoderms ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south side, Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash (SMP), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ahshislepelta minor Burns and Sullivan p. 170 figs. 2-8
2014Ahshislepelta minor Arbour et al. p. 1
2014Ahshislepelta minor Penkalski p. 618
2015Ahshislepelta minor Jasinski p. 79
2016Ahshislepelta minor Arbour and Currie p. 396

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
familyAnkylosauridae
genusAhshislepelta
speciesminor

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.

†Ahshislepelta minor Burns and Sullivan 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. E. Burns and R. M. Sullivan 2011Apomorphies of taxon: dorsolateral overhang of scapular acromion process to 25% of the dorsoventral width of the scapula. Differs from other ankylosaurids (with the exception of Euoplocephalus sensu stricto) in its superficial osteodermal surface texture, characterized by uniformly distributed pitted rugosity, and sparse distribution of reticular neurovascular grooves with neurovascular foramina extending perpendicularly to obliquely into the bone
V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016Uniquely amongst ankylosaurs, dorsolateral overhang of scapular acromion process to 25% of the dorsoventral width of the scapula. Differs from other ankylosaurids except Euoplocephalus tutus in the superficial texture of the osteoderms, having uniformly distributed pitted rugosity with sparse distribution of reticular neurovascular grooves with neurovascular foramina extending perpendicularly to oblique into the bone.
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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Ahshislepelta minor (type locality: 156486)