Tribe
Valid Extinct

Euoplocephalini

Penkalski 2018

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
44
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Euoplocephalus 1
Anodontosaurus 2
Platypelta 3
Scolosaurus 4
Dyoplosaurus 5
1 Euoplocephalus · 2 Anodontosaurus · 3 Platypelta · 4 Scolosaurus · 5 Dyoplosaurus
PBDB
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
Eurypoda Unranked clade
Ankylosauria Unranked clade
Euankylosauria Unranked clade
Ankylosauridae Family
Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
Euoplocephalini Tribe
Fossil sites 44 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
37
🇺🇸 United States
6
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Oldman
2
Bearpaw Shale
1
Subashi
1
St. Mary River
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
12
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
32
Bibliography
Original description
P. Penkalski. 2018. Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 287(3):261-306 DOI ↗
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