Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng et al. 2018 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: W.-J. Zheng, X.-S. Jin, Y. Azuma, Q.-Y. Wang, K. Miyata and X. Xu. 2018. The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian-Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club. Scientific Reports 8(3711)

Belongs to Jinyunpelta according to W.-J. Zheng et al. 2018

See also Wang et al. 2020 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMNH M8960, a partial skeleton (A partial postcranial skeleton including an almost complete tail club, left tibia and fibula). Its type locality is Shuhong quarry, which is in an Albian lacustrine sandstone in the Liangtoutang Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shuhong quarry

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