| Ankylosauridae | |
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| Ankylosaurus magniventris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| clade: | †Eurypoda |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Ankylosauridae Brown, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| †Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown, 1908 | |
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Ankylosauridae was a family of ankylosaurian ornithischian dinosaurs known for theur armored plates on their back and the presence of a clubbed tail. Ankylosaurs are almost completely armored, excluding their lower legs and underbelly.
Ankylosaurids are known to have existed all across of the Northern Hemisphere, and primarily through the Late Cretaceous period. The most largest and well known ankylosaurid is Ankylosaurus itself. They've also been known to be one of the many species the Tyrannosauridae have coexisted with.
Lower Classifications[]
The family features several basal members along with two subfamilies: Ankylosaurinae and Shamosaurinae.
Basal[]
- Bissektipelta
- Cedarpelta
- Aletopelta
- Chuanqilong
- Maleevus
- Crichtonsaurus
- Liaoningosaurus
- Huaxiazhoulong
Ankylosaurinae[]
- Ankylosaurus (type genus)
- Euoplocephalus
- Zuul
- Nodocephalosaurus
- Dyoplosaurus
- Datai
- Tarchia
- Pinacosaurus
- Saichania
- Shanxia
- Anodontosaurus
- Minotaurasaurus
- Zaraapelta
- Platypelta
- Tsagantegia
- Ahshislepelta
- Ziapelta
- Crichtonpelta
- Jinyunpelta
- Zhongyuansaurus
- Akainacephalus
- Scolosaurus
- Talarurus
- Tianzhenosaurus
Shamosaurinae[]
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