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Stegopelta
Taxonomy
Stegopelta was named by Williston (1905). Its type is Stegopelta landerensis. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoscincus by Huene (1909); it was synonymized subjectively with Nodosaurus by Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978) and Tumanova (1987).
It was assigned to Stegosauridae by von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholididae by Nopcsa (1915); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Panoplosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929); to Scelidosauridae by Hay (1930); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Maleev (1956); to Stegopeltinae by Ford (2000); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); and to Nodosauridae by Wieland (1911), Hennig (1915), Lull (1921), Nopcsa (1928), Russell (1930), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Carpenter (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Kirkland et al. (2013), Blows (2014), Arbour and Currie (2016) and Yang et al. (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoscincus by Huene (1909); it was synonymized subjectively with Nodosaurus by Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978) and Tumanova (1987).
It was assigned to Stegosauridae by von Zittel (1911); to Acanthopholididae by Nopcsa (1915); to Acanthopholidae by Huene (1927); to Panoplosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929); to Scelidosauridae by Hay (1930); to Ankylosauridae by Nopcsa (1928) and Maleev (1956); to Stegopeltinae by Ford (2000); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); and to Nodosauridae by Wieland (1911), Hennig (1915), Lull (1921), Nopcsa (1928), Russell (1930), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Carpenter (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Kirkland et al. (2013), Blows (2014), Arbour and Currie (2016) and Yang et al. (2017).
Species
S. landerensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Stegopelta Williston |
| 1911 | Stegopelta Wieland p. 116 |
| 1911 | Stegopelta von Zittel p. 294 |
| 1915 | Stegopelta Hennig p. 13 |
| 1915 | Stegopelta Nopcsa p. 13 |
| 1921 | Stegopelta Lull p. 123 |
| 1927 | Stegopelta Huene p. 261 |
| 1928 | Stegopelta Nopcsa p. 73 |
| 1929 | Stegopelta Nopcsa p. 70 |
| 1930 | Stegopelta Hay p. 232 |
| 1930 | Stegopelta Russell p. 138 |
| 1956 | Stegopelta Maleev |
| 1956 | Stegopelta Romer p. 636 |
| 1964 | Stegopelta Kuhn p. 51 |
| 1964 | Stegopelta Tatarinov p. 577 |
| 1966 | Stegopelta Romer p. 370 |
| 1996 | Stegopelta Coombs, Jr. and Deméré p. 319 |
| 1998 | Stegopelta Carpenter and Kirkland p. 263 |
| 2000 | Stegopelta Ford p. 171 |
| 2001 | Stegopelta Carpenter p. 457 |
| 2001 | Stegopelta Ford and Kirkland p. 257 |
| 2004 | Stegopelta Vickaryous et al. p. 367 |
| 2013 | Stegopelta Kirkland et al. p. 7 |
| 2014 | Stegopelta Blows p. 59 |
| 2016 | Stegopelta Arbour and Currie p. 394 |
| 2017 | Stegopelta Yang et al. p. 786 fig. 5 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | S. landerensis (27889) |