Tatankacephalus Parsons and Parsons 2009 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2009. A new ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of central Montana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:721-738

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017

See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Han et al. 2014 and Parsons and Parsons 2009

Sister taxa: Acantholipan, Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, Dongyangopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Gargoyleosaurus, Gastonia, Glyptodontopelta, Hoplitosaurus, Hungarosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Invictarx, Mymoorapelta, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Patagopelta, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Propanoplosaurus, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Sauroplites, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Texasetes, Hoplosaurus, Hylosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Tatankacephalus cooneyorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at MOR CL-016, Middle Dome (Cretaceous of Montana)

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