Ankylosaurus Brown 1908 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Alternative spelling: Anchylosaurus

Full reference: B. Brown. 1908. The Ankylosauridae, a new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(12):187-201

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

See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Breithaupt 1985, Brown 1908, Brown 1914, Burns 2007, Burns 2008, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter 2004, Carpenter et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1986, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1979, Coombs 1986, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Dodson 1997, Eberth 1997, Eberth et al. 2001, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 2019, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Gilmore 1933, Han et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Joleaud 1922, Kirkland 1998, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Lambe 1918, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Lull 1921, Lull 1924, Maleev 1954, Maleev 1956, Nopcsa 1915, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parks 1935, Parsch 1963, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Pereda Suberbiola and Galton 2001, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Russell 1984, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1998, Simmons 1965, Sternberg 1909, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987, Vickaryous et al. 2004, Vickaryous et al. 2001, von Zittel 1911, Wieland 1911 and Young 1935

Sister taxa: Ankylosaurini, Crichtonpelta, Euoplocephalini, Jinyunpelta, Minotaurasaurus, Nodocephalosaurus, Oohkotokia, Pinacosaurus, Saichania, Talarurus, Tarchia, Tsagantegia, Zaraapelta, Zuul

Subtaxa: Ankylosaurus magniventris

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (13: Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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