Silvisaurus Eaton, Jr. 1960 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: T. H. Eaton, Jr. 1960. A new armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Kansas. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Vertebrata 8:1-24

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

See also Bakker 1988, Barrett 2001, Blows 2014, Blows and Honeysett 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2008, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Carroll 1988, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Eaton 1960, Ford 2000, Galton 1983, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Sereno 1986, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous et al. 2001 and Weishampel et al. 1991

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, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hylosaurus, Hoplosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Silvisaurus condrayi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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