Dongyangopelta Chen et al. 2013 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: R. Chen, W. Zheng, Y. Azuma, M. Shibata, T. Lou, Q. Jin, and X. Jin. 2013. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):658-671

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Chen et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acantholipan, Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, 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, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hoplosaurus, Hylosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Dongyangopelta yangyanensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Pinglinggang Hill, Yangyan Village (Cretaceous of China)

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