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Project 4775: R. S. Thompson, J. C. Parish, S. C. Maidment, P. M. Barrett. 2012. Phylogeny of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (2):301-312.

Specimen: † Stegosaurus (unvouchered)
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Abstract

Ankylosauria is a diverse clade of quadrupedal ornithischian dinosaurs whose remains are known from Middle Jurassic to latest Cretaceous sediments worldwide. Despite a long history of research, ankylosaur interrelationships remain poorly resolved and existing cladistic analyses suffer from limited character and taxon sampling. Here, we present the most comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the group attempted to date. The traditional ankylosaurid–nodosaurid dichotomy is maintained. Ankylosauridae forms a well-resolved clade, which includes Zhongyuansaurus, the first ankylosaurid known to lack a tail club. Nodosauridae includes a number of taxa that were resolved either as ‘polacanthids’ or basal ankylosaurids in previous analyses. The use of a broader character sample allows analysis of the interrelationships of all valid ankylosaur species; this has revealed several previously unrecognized relationships. Stegosauria is recovered as the sister taxon to Ankylosauria, while Scelidosaurus is found to be a basal thyreophoran. Dedicated methods for coding continuous characters could be used in future to improve the resolution of ankylosaur phylogeny, particularly in order to explore the relationships within the poorly resolved nodosaurid clade.

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Article DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.569091

Project DOI: 10.7934/P4775, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4775

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Creation Date:
25 July 2023
Publication Date:
01 August 2023
Project views: 2318

Authors' Institutions

Natural History Museum, London

University of Oxford

Members

Shreya Jariwala
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Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29383' (51 Taxa)

taxon	unscored cells	scored cells	no cell support	NPA cells	"-" cells	cell images	labels on cell images	member access
[1] † Lesothosaurus diagnotsicus Last Modified in 07/25/23	19	151	151	0	0	0	0	1
[2] † Emausaurus Last Modified in 07/25/23	103	67	67	0	0	0	0	1
[3] † Scutellosaurus Last Modified in 07/25/23	89	81	81	0	0	0	0	1
[4] † Scelidosaurus Last Modified in 07/25/23	27	143	143	0	0	0	0	1
[5] † Huayangosaurus tabaii Last Modified in 07/25/23	31	139	139	0	0	0	0	1
[6] † Stegosaurus Last Modified in 07/25/23	15	155	155	0	0	0	0	1
[7] † Anoplosaurus curtonotus Last Modified in 07/25/23	152	18	18	0	0	0	0	1
[8] † Animantarx ramaljonsei Last Modified in 07/25/23	67	103	103	0	0	0	0	1
[9] † Ankylosaurus marginoventris Last Modified in 07/25/23	30	140	140	0	0	0	0	1
[10] † Antarctopelta oliveroi Last Modified in 07/25/23	154	16	16	0	0	0	0	1
[11] † Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum Last Modified in 07/25/23	87	83	83	0	0	0	0	1
[12] † Chrichtonsaurus benxiensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	62	108	108	0	0	0	0	1
[13] † Edmontonia Last Modified in 07/25/23	18	152	152	0	0	0	0	1
[14] † Euoplocephalus tutus Last Modified in 07/25/23	4	166	166	0	0	0	0	1
[15] † Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum Last Modified in 07/25/23	63	107	107	0	0	0	0	1
[16] † Gastonia burgei Last Modified in 07/25/23	33	137	137	0	0	0	0	1
[17] † Gobisaurus domoculus Last Modified in 07/25/23	101	69	69	0	0	0	0	1
[18] † Hoplitosaurus marshi Last Modified in 07/25/23	145	25	25	0	0	0	0	1
[19] † Hungarosaurus tormai Last Modified in 07/25/23	74	97	96	0	0	0	0	1
[20] † Hylaeosaurus armatus Last Modified in 07/25/23	132	38	38	0	0	0	0	1
[21] † Liaoningosaurus paradoxus Last Modified in 07/25/23	121	49	49	0	0	0	0	1
[22] † Minmi paravertebra Last Modified in 07/25/23	50	122	120	0	0	0	0	1
[23] † Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani Last Modified in 07/25/23	94	76	76	0	0	0	0	1
[24] † Mymoorapelta maysi Last Modified in 07/25/23	117	53	53	0	0	0	0	1
[25] † Niobrarasaurus coleii Last Modified in 07/25/23	113	57	57	0	0	0	0	1
[26] † Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	146	24	24	0	0	0	0	1
[27] † Nodosaurus textillis Last Modified in 07/25/23	135	35	35	0	0	0	0	1
[28] † Panoplosaurus mirus Last Modified in 07/25/23	40	131	130	0	0	0	0	1
[29] † Pawpawsaurus cambelli Last Modified in 07/25/23	94	76	76	0	0	0	0	1
[30] † Peloroplites cedrimontanus Last Modified in 07/25/23	82	88	88	0	0	0	0	1
[31] † Pinacosaurus grangeri Last Modified in 07/25/23	18	152	152	0	0	0	0	1
[32] † Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus Last Modified in 07/25/23	101	69	69	0	0	0	0	1
[33] † Polacanthus foxii Last Modified in 07/25/23	105	65	65	0	0	0	0	1
[34] † Polacanthus rudgwickensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	162	8	8	0	0	0	0	1
[35] † Saichania chulsanensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	39	131	131	0	0	0	0	1
[36] † Sauropelta edwardsi Last Modified in 07/25/23	33	137	137	0	0	0	0	1
[37] † Shamosaurus scutatus Last Modified in 07/25/23	65	105	105	0	0	0	0	1
[38] † Shanxia tianzhenensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	132	38	38	0	0	0	0	1
[39] † Silvisaurus condrayi Last Modified in 07/25/23	66	104	104	0	0	0	0	1
[40] † Stegopelta landerensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	152	19	18	0	0	0	0	1
[41] † Struthiosaurus austriacus Last Modified in 07/25/23	68	102	102	0	0	0	0	1
[42] † Struthiosaurus languedocensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	144	26	26	0	0	0	0	1
[43] † Talarurus plicatospineus Last Modified in 07/25/23	69	101	101	0	0	0	0	1
[44] † Tarchia gigantea Last Modified in 07/25/23	59	111	111	0	0	0	0	1
[45] † Tatankocephalus cooneyorum Last Modified in 07/25/23	128	42	42	0	0	0	0	1
[46] † Texasetes pleurohalio Last Modified in 07/25/23	137	33	33	0	0	0	0	1
[47] † Tianzhenosaurus youngi Last Modified in 07/25/23	42	128	128	0	0	0	0	1
[48] † Tsagantegia longicranialis Last Modified in 07/25/23	102	68	68	0	0	0	0	1
[49] † Zhejiangosaurus lishuiensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	135	35	35	0	0	0	0	1
[50] † Zhonguansaurus lauyangensis Last Modified in 07/25/23	120	50	50	0	0	0	0	1
[51] † Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus Last Modified in 07/25/23	140	30	30	0	0	0	0	1

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Documents list	114
Project overview	171
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Media views	465	Media search (389 views); M890417 (76 views);
Matrix views	117	Matrix landing page (111 views); Thompson et al 2012 (6 views);
Bibliography	92
Specimen list	241
Taxon list	978