Species
Valid Extinct

Polacanthus foxii

Grabau 1921

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Nodosauridae Family
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Polacanthus Genus
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Polacanthus foxii Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
Geological formations
Wessex
2
Vectis
1
Ferruginous Sands
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Synonyms (2)
Euacanthus vectianus objective synonym of Polacanthus foxii
Polacanthus becklesi subjective synonym of Polacanthus foxii
Bibliography
Original description
A.W. Grabau. 1921. Textbook of Geology. Part II. Historical Geology
Bibliography (4)
J. D. Radley. 1996. Type, figured and cited specimens in the Museum of Isle of Wight Geology (Isle of Wight, England). The Geological Curator 6(5):187-193 DOI ↗
W. T. Blows. 1987. The armoured dinosaur Polacanthus foxi from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontology 30(3):557-580
W. T. Blows. 1982. A preliminary account of a new specimen of <i>Polacanthus foxi</i> (Ankylosauria, Reptilia) from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society 1980 pt. 5(7):303-306
J. W. Hulke. 1881. <i>Polacanthus foxii</i>, a large undescribed dinosaur from the Wealden Formation in the Isle of Wight. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 172:653-662