Polacanthoides

Polacanthoides Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–135 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Family:	†Nodosauridae
Subfamily:	†Polacanthinae
Genus:	†Polacanthoides Nopsca, 1928
Type species
Polacanthoides ponderosus Nopsca, 1928

Polacanthoides (meaning Polacanthus like) is an extinct genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from Europe. It lived about 140 to 135 million years ago in what is now England. It was named by Nopsca in 1928. The type specimen is BMNH 2584. It is a possible junior synonym of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus. It is now considered to be a nomen dubium or a chimera.^[1]

References

↑ Nopsca, F. (1928), "Palaeontological notes on reptiles." Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica, tomus, 1, -Pasc. 1, p. 1-84

Major clades

Stegosauria Ankylosauridae Nodosauridae

Stegosauria

Ankylosauria	Ankylosauridae Nodosauridae

Chialingosaurus Jiangjunosaurus Kentrosaurus Loricatosaurus Tuojiangosaurus

Dacentrurinae	Dacentrurus Miragaia

Stegosaurinae	Alcovasaurus Hesperosaurus Lexovisaurus Paranthodon Stegosaurus Wuerhosaurus Yingshanosaurus

Related categories

Ornithischians Stegosaurs Ankylosaurs

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