Hoplitosaurus
Field photograph to come
Hoplitosaurus
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- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Lucas 1902
Field notes
About Hoplitosaurus
Hoplitosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Hoplitosaurus, from South Dakota. Its fossils come from the Lakota Formation. It was named by Lucas in 1902.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. A. Lucas. 1902. Paleontological notes. The generic name Omosaurus. A new generic name for Stegosaurus marshi. Science, new series 16(402):435