Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Full reference: T. A. Tumanova. 1983. Pervyy ankilozavr iz nizhnego mela Mongolii [The first ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia]. In L. P. Tatarinov, R. Barsbold, E. Vorobyeva, B. Luvsandanzan, B. A. Trofimov, Yu. A. Reshetov, & M. A. Shishkin (eds.), Iskopayemyye reptilii mongolii [Fossil Reptiles of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 24:110-118
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016
See also Carpenter and Kirkland 1998, Ford 2000, Kirkland 1998, Ryan 1997, Tumanova 1983, Tumanova 1986, Tumanova 1987 and Vickaryous and Ryan 1997
Sister taxa: Ahshislepelta, Aletopelta, Ankylosaurinae, Bissektipelta, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Shamosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at SH-20, Khodzhakul (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)