Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Full reference: J. I. Kirkland. 1998. A polacanthine ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of eastern Utah. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, & J. W. Estep, eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:271-281
Belongs to Gastonia according to B. Kineer et al. 2016
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Mallon 2017, Blows 2001, Borinder et al. 2016, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Galton 2019, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Garrison et al. 2007, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland 1998, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kirkland and Loewen 2011, Kirkland et al. 2016, Leahey and Salisbury 2013, Osi and Makádi 2009, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 1999, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Swanson et al. 2005, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Yang et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae
Type specimen: CEUM 1307. Its type locality is Robert Gaston Quarry (CEU 91-1), which is in a Valanginian pond siltstone/limestone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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