Genus
Valid Extinct

Nodosaurus

Marsh 1889
Etymology knobbed lizard

Nodosaurus is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Nodosaurus
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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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Nodosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
6 m ⓘ
5,5 m ⓘ
Nodosaurus textilis  
Mass
3 500 kg ⓘ
1 200 kg ⓘ
Nodosaurus textilis  
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Frontier
1
Dinosaur Park
1
Lance
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Nodosaurus textilis 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of gigantic horned Dinosauria from the Cretaceous. American Journal of Science 38:173-175 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
K. Snyder, M. McLain, and J. Wood, A. V. Chadwick. 2020. Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis. PLoS One 15(5):e0233182:1-31 DOI ↗
P. Currie. 1994. ETE reference number 1703.
O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of gigantic horned Dinosauria from the Cretaceous. American Journal of Science 38:173-175 DOI ↗