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Pawpawsaurus campbelli

Reptilia - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy
Pawpawsaurus campbelli was named by Lee (1996). Its type specimen is SMU 73203. Its type locality is SMU Loc. 263 (upper Paw Paw Fm.), which is in an Albian offshore claystone in the Paw Paw Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Pawpawsaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pawpawsaurus campbelli Lee
1997Pawpawsaurus campbelli Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
1998Pawpawsaurus campbelli Carpenter and Kirkland p. 253
1999Pawpawsaurus campbelli Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett p. 192
2000Pawpawsaurus campbelli Ford p. 175
2001Pawpawsaurus campbelli Blows p. 377
2001Pawpawsaurus campbelli Carpenter p. 457
2001Pawpawsaurus campbelli Carpenter et al. p. 213
2004Pawpawsaurus campbelli Vickaryous et al. p. 365
2011Pawpawsaurus campbelli Stanford et al. p. 916
2013Pawpawsaurus campbelli Kirkland et al. p. 7
2014Pawpawsaurus campbelli Arbour et al. p. 2
2014Pawpawsaurus campbelli Blows and Honeysett p. 838
2014Pawpawsaurus cambelli Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11
2016Pawpawsaurus campbelli Kineer et al. p. 42
2017Pawpawsaurus campbelli Arbour and Mallon p. 771
2020Pawpawsaurus campbelli Sakagami and Kawabe p. 12

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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()
familyNodosauridae
genusPawpawsaurus
speciescampbelli

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.

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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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Nodosauridae indet. (type locality: 5195)