Sinankylosaurus
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Sinankylosaurus
DV-1115 · type species Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wang et al. 2020
Field notes
About Sinankylosaurus
Sinankylosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sinankylosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Hongtuya Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. B. Wang, Y. X. Zhang, and J. Chen, S. Q. Chen, P. Y. Wang. 2020. A new ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous strata of Zhucheng, Shandong Province. Geological Bulletin of China 39(7):958-962