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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) and von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Maleev (1956); to Nodosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929) and 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) and 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) and von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Maleev (1956); to Nodosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929) and 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) and Yang et al. (2017).
Species
N. textilis (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Nodosaurus Marsh p. 175 fig. 1 |
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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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, o = order | |||||
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | N. textilis (28437) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | N. sp. (22654) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | N. sp. (26760) |