Pawpawsaurus
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Pawpawsaurus
DV-0395 · type species Pawpawsaurus campbelli
- Lived
- 106 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Lee 1996
Field notes
About Pawpawsaurus
Pawpawsaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 106 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pawpawsaurus, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Paw Paw Formation. It was named by Lee in 1996.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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