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Dongyangopelta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)273053https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=273053
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Nodosauridae : Dongyangopelta
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Ornithischia
-GenasauriaSereno 1986
-Thyreophora
-Ankylosauria
familyNodosauridaeMarsh 1890
genusDongyangopeltaChen et al. 2013
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dongyangopeltagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceChen et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance113 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance113 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Ornithischia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ornithischia)
Dietherbivore (based on Ornithischia)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Chen, W. Zheng, and Y. Azuma, M. Shibata, T. Lou, Q. Jin, X. Jin. 2013. A New Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):658-671

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dongyangopelta yangyanensis
species
listed (PBDB)1113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Dongyangopelta Chen et al.

References

Chen R., Zheng W., et al (2013) A New Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China, Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87 3, 658-671
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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