Tatankacephalus
Field photograph to come
Tatankacephalus
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- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Parsons and Parsons 2009
Field notes
About Tatankacephalus
Tatankacephalus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tatankacephalus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Cloverly Formation. It was named by Parsons and Parsons in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W. L. Parsons and K. M. Parsons. 2009. A new ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of central Montana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:721-738