Stegopelta Williston 1905 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22(564):503

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

See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Blows 2014, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Coombs 1978, Coombs 1978, Coombs and Deméré 1996, Ford 2000, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Kirkland et al. 2013, Kuhn 1964, Lull 1921, Maleev 1956, Nopcsa 1915, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1930, Tatarinov 1964, Tumanova 1987, Vickaryous et al. 2004, von Zittel 1911 and Wieland 1911

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

Subtaxa: Stegopelta landerensis

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Type: Stegopelta landerensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Conant Creek, Lander (Cretaceous of Wyoming)

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