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Ankylosaurinae

Reptilia - Ankylosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Ankylosaurinae Nopcsa
1923Ankylosaurinae Nopcsa p. 126
1929Ankylosaurinae Nopcsa p. 71
1966Ankylosaurinae Kuhn p. 105
1967Ankylosaurinae Russell and Chamney p. 11
1971Ankylosaurinae Maryanska p. 47
1983Ankylosaurinae Tumanova p. 110
1986Ankylosaurinae Sereno
1987Ankylosaurinae Tumanova p. 15
1993Ankylosaurinae Tumanova p. 119
1997Ankylosaurinae Sereno p. 443
1997Ankylosaurinae Vickaryous and Ryan p. 491
1998Ankylosaurinae Sereno p. 61
1999Ankylosaurinae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Ankylosaurinae Ford p. 175
2001Ankylosaurinae Vickaryous et al. p. 1774
2004Ankylosaurinae Vickaryous et al. p. 364
2014Ankylosaurinae Arbour et al.
2014Ankylosaurinae Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11
2016Ankylosaurinae Arbour and Currie p. 405
2017Ankylosaurinae Arbour and Evans p. 7
2017Ankylosaurinae Arbour and Mallon p. 768
2017Ankylosaurinae Penkalski and Tumanova
2017Ankylosaurinae Yang et al. p. 786 fig. 5
2018Ankylosaurinae Penkalski p. 264
2018Ankylosaurinae Zheng et al.

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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
subfamilyAnkylosaurinaeNopcsa 1918
subfamilyAnkylosaurinaeNopcsa 1918

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.

Subfm. †Ankylosaurinae Nopcsa 1918
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Tr. †Ankylosaurini Arbour and Currie 2016
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G. †Akainacephalus Wiersma and Irmis 2018
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†Akainacephalus johnsoni Wiersma and Irmis 2018
G. †Ziapelta Arbour et al. 2014
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†Ziapelta sanjuanensis Arbour et al. 2014
G. †Ankylosaurus Brown 1908
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G. †Crichtonpelta Arbour and Currie 2016
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†Crichtonpelta benxiensis Lü et al. 2007
Tr. †Euoplocephalini Penkalski 2018
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G. †Anodontosaurus Sternberg 1929
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†Anodontosaurus inceptus Penkalski 2018
†Anodontosaurus lambei Sternberg 1929
G. †Dyoplosaurus Parks 1924
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G. †Euoplocephalus Lambe 1910
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†Euoplocephalus tutus Lambe 1902
Invalid names: Stereocephalus Lambe 1902 [replaced]
G. †Platypelta Penkalski 2018
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†Platypelta coombsi Penkalski 2018
G. †Scolosaurus Nopcsa 1928 [thorn lizard]
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†Scolosaurus cutleri Nopcsa 1928
†Scolosaurus thronus Penkalski 2018
G. †Jinyunpelta Zheng et al. 2018
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†Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng et al. 2018
G. †Minotaurasaurus Miles and Miles 2009
G. †Nodocephalosaurus Sullivan 1999
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G. †Oohkotokia Penkalski 2014
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†Oohkotokia horneri Penkalski 2014
G. †Pinacosaurus Gilmore 1933
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†Pinacosaurus grangeri Gilmore 1933
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Invalid names: Pinacosaurus ninghsiensis Young 1935 [synonym], Syrmosaurus viminocaudus Maleev 1952 [synonym]
†Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus Godefroit et al. 1999
Invalid names: Syrmosaurus Maleev 1952 [synonym]
G. †Saichania Maryanska 1977
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†Saichania chulsanensis Maryanska 1977
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Invalid names: Shanxia tianzhenensis Barrett et al. 1998 [synonym], Tianzhenosaurus youngi Pang and Cheng 1998 [synonym]
Invalid names: Shanxia Barrett et al. 1998 [synonym], Tianzhenosaurus Pang and Cheng 1998 [synonym]
G. †Talarurus Maleev 1952
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†Talarurus plicatospineus Maleev 1952
G. †Tarchia Maryanska 1977
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†Tarchia kielanae Maryanska 1977
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Invalid names: Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani Miles and Miles 2009 [synonym]
†Tarchia teresae Penkalski and Tumanova 2017
†Tarchia tumanovae Park et al. 2021
G. †Tsagantegia Tumanova 1993
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†Tsagantegia longicranialis Tumanova 1993
G. †Zaraapelta Arbour et al. 2014
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†Zaraapelta nomadis Arbour et al. 2014
G. †Zuul Arbour and Evans 2017
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†Zuul crurivastator Arbour and Evans 2017
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Tumanova 1987Ankylosaurs with wide skull, width of which is slightly less or equal to the length; broad snout; orbits oriented slightly forward; angle of orbital plane with long axis of skull about 30o; anterior wall of pterygoids sometimes inclined somewhat sharply posteriorly, but more often inclined anteriorly; occipital condyle oval; basipterygoid process contacts with pterygoid by suture; orbits in posterior half of skull length.