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Niobrarasaurus

Osteichthyes - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy

Niobrarasaurus was named by Carpenter et al. (1995). It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); and to Nodosauridae by Carpenter et al. (1995), Ford (2000), Carpenter (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Carpenter and Everhart (2007), Yang et al. (2017), Galton (2019).

Species

N. coleii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Niobrarasaurus Carpenter et al.
2000	Niobrarasaurus Ford p. 175
2001	Niobrarasaurus Carpenter p. 457
2001	Niobrarasaurus Ford and Kirkland p. 255
2001	Niobrarasaurus Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 199
2004	Niobrarasaurus Vickaryous et al. p. 367
2007	Niobrarasaurus Carpenter and Everhart p. 1
2017	Niobrarasaurus Yang et al. p. 786 fig. 5
2019	Niobrarasaurus Galton p. 212

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Ornithischia	()
—	Genasauria
—	Thyreophora	()
—	Ankylosauria	()
family	Nodosauridae
genus	Niobrarasaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Niobrarasaurus Carpenter et al. 1995

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†Niobrarasaurus coleii Mehl 1936

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

gregariouso

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2004-12-14 12:50:52

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:50:52

Source: o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Middle Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	USA (Kansas)	Hierosaurus coleii (49040)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Kansas)	N. coleii (49045)