Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan. 1999. Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen. et sp. nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Upper Campanian) San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):126-139
Parent taxon: Ankylosaurinae according to J. Yang et al. 2017
See also Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour et al. 2014, Arbour and Currie 2016, Burns 2007, Burns 2008, Carpenter 2001, Ford 2000, Han et al. 2014, Jasinski 2015, Sullivan 1999, Sullivan and Fowler 2006, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Vickaryous et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Ankylosaurini, Ankylosaurus, Crichtonpelta, Euoplocephalini, Jinyunpelta, Minotaurasaurus, Oohkotokia, Pinacosaurus, Saichania, Talarurus, Tarchia, Tsagantegia, Zaraapelta, Zuul
Subtaxa: Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: New Mexico collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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