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Edmontonia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63919https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63919
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Nodosauridae : Edmontonia
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
genusEdmontoniaSternberg 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Panoplosaurinaestated with evidenceNopcsa, 1929
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceRussell, 1930
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Edmontoniinaestated without evidenceRussell, 1940
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Ankylosauridaestated without evidenceMaleev, 1956
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to NodosauridaeimpliedRomer, 1956
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceParsch, 1963
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceTatarinov, 1964
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceKuhn, 1964
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to NodosauridaeimpliedRomer, 1966
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Panoplosaurinaestated without evidenceRussell and Chamney, 1967
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceLangston, 1975
Edmontoniagenussubjective synonym of Panoplosaurusstated with evidenceCoombs, 1978
Edmontoniagenussubjective synonym of Panoplosaurusstated without evidenceCoombs, 1978
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceWolberg, 1980
Edmontoniagenussubjective synonym of Panoplosaurusstated without evidenceDodson, 1983
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceBreithaupt, 1985
Edmontoniagenussubjective synonym of Panoplosaurusstated without evidenceTumanova, 1987
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Edmontoniinaestated without evidenceBakker, 1988
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 1990
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Edmontoniinaestated without evidenceFord, 2000
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceCarpenter, 2001
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceVickaryous et al., 2004
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceRyan and Evans, 2005
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceLü et al., 2007
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceBurns, 2007
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceOsi and Makádi, 2009
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceRivera-Sylva et al., 2011
Edmontoniagenussubjective synonym of Panoplosaurusstated without evidenceJasinski et al., 2011
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceKirkland et al., 2013
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated with evidenceHan et al., 2014
Edmontoniagenusbelongs to Nodosauridaestated without evidenceArbour et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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)C. M. Sternberg. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 22:93-106

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Edmontonia longiceps
species
listed (PBDB)483.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Edmontonia rugosidens
species
listed (PBDB)783.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Edmontonia Sternberg p. 93
1929Edmontonia Nopcsa p. 70
1930Edmontonia Russell p. 151
1940Edmontonia Russell p. 26
1956Edmontonia Maleev
1956Edmontonia Romer p. 635
1963Edmontonia Parsch p. 8
1964Edmontonia Kuhn p. 46
1964Edmontonia Tatarinov p. 577
1965Edmontonia Simmons p. 69
1966Edmontonia Romer p. 370
1967Edmontonia Russell and Chamney p. 11
1975Edmontonia Langston p. 1606
1976Edmontonia Langston p. 126
1980Edmontonia Wolberg p. 50
1985Edmontonia Breithaupt p. 165
1988Denversaurus Bakker p. 1 figs. 1-2
1988Edmontonia Bakker pp. 18-20
1988Edmontonia (Chassternbergia) Bakker p. 18
1988Denversaurus Bakker p. 21 fig. 10
1990Edmontonia Carpenter p. 285
1991Edmontonia Weishampel et al. p. 208
1992Chassternbergia Olshevsky p. 205
1996Edmontonia Coombs, Jr. and Deméré p. 319
1996Edmontonia Gasparini et al. p. 584
1996Edmontonia Molnar p. 660
1997Edmontonia Dodson p. 12
1997Edmontonia Eberth p. 201
1997Edmontonia Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 213
1997Edmontonia Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
1998Edmontonia Kirkland p. 273 fig. 3
YearName and Author
2000Edmontonia Ford p. 170
2000Chassternbergia Ford p. 174
2000Denversaurus Ford p. 175
2001Edmontonia Blows p. 378
2001Edmontonia Carpenter p. 171
2001Edmontonia Carpenter et al. p. 235
2001Edmontonia Coria and Salgado p. 163
2001Edmontonia Eberth et al. p. 58
2001Edmontonia Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 199
2001Edmontonia Vickaryous et al. p. 1774
2003Edmontonia Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 161
2004Edmontonia Vickaryous et al. p. 365
2005Edmontonia Ryan and Evans p. 315
2006Edmontonia Vickaryous p. 1011
2007Edmontonia Burns p. 54A
2007Edmontonia Lü et al. p. 889 fig. 1
2007Edmontonia Lü et al. p. 349
2008Edmontonia Burns p. 1108
2008Edmontonia Carpenter et al. p. 1098
2008Edmontonia Longrich p. 994
2009Edmontonia Osi and Makádi p. 239 fig. 10
2009Edmontonia Parsons and Parsons p. 736 fig. 18
2011Edmontonia Rivera-Sylva et al. p. 376
2013Denversaurus Kirkland et al. p. 7
2013Edmontonia Kirkland et al. p. 7
2014Edmontonia Arbour et al. p. 649
2014Edmontonia Blows p. 58
2014Edmontonia Blows and Honeysett p. 837
2014Edmontonia Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11
2015Edmontonia Jasinski p. 79
2019Edmontonia Galton p. 212

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