†Ziapelta Arbour et al. 2014 (ankylosaurid)
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Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Full reference: V. M. Arbour, M. E. Burns, R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, A. K. Cantrell, J. Fry, and T. L. Suazo. 2014. A new ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with implications for ankylosaurid diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. PLoS ONE 9(9):e108804:1-14
Parent taxon: Ankylosaurini according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Jasinski 2015 and Penkalski 2018
Sister taxon: Akainacephalus
Subtaxa: Ziapelta sanjuanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at NMMNH L-8514, Hunter Wash (Cretaceous of New Mexico)
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