Minmi paravertebrata Molnar 1980 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Alternative combination: Minmi paravertebra

Full reference: R. E. Molnar. 1980. An ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Reptilia) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(1):77-87

Belongs to Minmi according to P. R. Bell et al. 2017

See also Agnolin et al. 2010, Arbour and Currie 2016, Bonaparte 1986, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Gasparini et al. 1996, Kirkland et al. 2013, Leahey and Salisbury 2013, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1982, Molnar 1984, Molnar 1991, Molnar 1992, Molnar 1996, Molnar 1996, Molnar and Frey 1987, Molnar and Wiffen 1994, Olshevsky 1981, Osi and Makádi 2009, Salisbury et al. 2016, Scanlon 2006 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F10329, a set of postcrania (11 dorsal vertebrae and associated rib bases, five incomplete ribs, partial manus, ventral osteoderms, two unidentified elements). Its type locality is Minmi crossing, Roma, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the Bungil Formation of Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Minmi crossing, Roma

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