Genus
Valid Extinct

Pawpawsaurus

Lee 1996

Pawpawsaurus, meaning "Pawpaw Lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Tarrant County, Texas, discovered in May 1992. The only species yet assigned to this taxon, Pawpawsaurus campbelli, is based on a complete skull from the marine Paw Paw Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Pawpawsaurus
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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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Pawpawsaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Paw Paw
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Pawpawsaurus campbelli 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. -N. Lee. 1996. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithschia) from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):232-245 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
Y. -N. Lee. 1996. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithschia) from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):232-245 DOI ↗