Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Full reference: J.-T. Yang, H.-L. You, D.-Q. Li and D.-L. Kong. 2013. [First discovery of polacanthine ankylosaur dinosaur in Asia]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(4):265-277
Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017
See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Xie et al. 2016 and Yang et al. 2013
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, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Acanthopholinae, Hylosaurus, Hoplosaurus
Subtaxa: Taohelong jinchengensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Guanmengou No. 4 bonebed (Cretaceous of China)
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