Ankylosauria Asia Dinosauria Early Cretaceous Eurypoda Genasauria Nodosauridae Ornithischia Thyreophora

Sauroplites scutiger

Dinosaur: Sauroplites scutiger

Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma

Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:

5 m

16.4 ft

ESR: 0.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Asia

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian-Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Bohlin
Year: 1953

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Unnamed

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Ankylosauria
Nodosauridae

Locations

Sources

Material: Ribs, ischium ?, osteoderms.
References: Arbour, V. M., & Currie, P. J. (2015). Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.

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