Propanoplosaurus
Field photograph to come
Propanoplosaurus
DV-0796 · type species Propanoplosaurus marylandicus
- Lived
- 120 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Stanford et al. 2011
Field notes
About Propanoplosaurus
Propanoplosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Propanoplosaurus, from Maryland. Its fossils come from the Patuxent Formation. It was named by Stanford et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Stanford, D. B. Weishampel, and V. B. Deleon. 2011. The first hatchling dinosaur reported from the eastern United States: Propanoplosaurus marylandicus (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Maryland, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 85(5):916-924