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==Taxonomy== |
==Taxonomy== |
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[[File:Euoplocephalus tutus pelvis.jpg|thumb|left|Pelvis of the holotype specimen]] |
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The holotype, AMNH 5337, and the referred specimens AMNH 5403, CMN 8876, ROM 788, and ROM 813, have been usually referred to ''[[Euoplocephalus]]'' (see Arbour and Currie 2013, who stated that AMNH 5337 is probably ''Euoplocephalus'' due to differences from ''Scolosaurus'' and ''Dyoplosaurus'' in the pelvic region<ref>Arbour |
The holotype, AMNH 5337, and the referred specimens AMNH 5403, CMN 8876, ROM 788, and ROM 813, have been usually referred to ''[[Euoplocephalus]]'' (see Arbour and Currie 2013, who stated that AMNH 5337 is probably ''Euoplocephalus'' due to differences from ''Scolosaurus'' and ''Dyoplosaurus'' in the pelvic region<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Arbour|first1=Victoria M.|last2=Currie|first2=Philip J.|title=''Euoplocephalus tutus'' and the Diversity of Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA|journal=PLoS ONE|date=2013|volume=8|issue=5|pages=e62421|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0062421}}</ref>), but Penkalsi (2018) considers AMNH 5337 to be sufficiently distinct from CMN 210, UALVP 31, and AMNH 5406 to be considered a distinct taxon, ''Platypelta coombsi'', whose specific name honors Walter P. Coombs Jr., who pioneered the study of ankylosaurs in the late 20th century.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Penkalski|first1=Paul|title=Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur ''Euoplocephalus'' and its allies|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen|date=2018|volume=287|issue=3|pages=261–306|doi=10.1127/njgpa/2018/0717}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 04:16, 7 March 2018
Platypelta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Skull of holotype specimen AMNH 5337 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Ankylosaurini |
Genus: | †Platypelta Penkalsi, 2018 |
Type species | |
†Platypelta coombsi Penkalski, 2018
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Platypelta is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation (early Late Campanian stage, about 77.5-76.5 Ma ago) of southern Alberta, Canada. The type species is P. coombsi.
Taxonomy
The holotype, AMNH 5337, and the referred specimens AMNH 5403, CMN 8876, ROM 788, and ROM 813, have been usually referred to Euoplocephalus (see Arbour and Currie 2013, who stated that AMNH 5337 is probably Euoplocephalus due to differences from Scolosaurus and Dyoplosaurus in the pelvic region[1]), but Penkalsi (2018) considers AMNH 5337 to be sufficiently distinct from CMN 210, UALVP 31, and AMNH 5406 to be considered a distinct taxon, Platypelta coombsi, whose specific name honors Walter P. Coombs Jr., who pioneered the study of ankylosaurs in the late 20th century.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Arbour, Victoria M.; Currie, Philip J. (2013). "Euoplocephalus tutus and the Diversity of Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA". PLoS ONE. 8 (5): e62421. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062421.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Penkalski, Paul (2018). "Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 287 (3): 261–306. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2018/0717.