Polacanthoides Explained

Polacanthoides (meaning like Polacanthus) is an invalid genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from Europe.[1] 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 NHMUK 2584. It is a junior synonym of both Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus and was based on a chimera of skeletal elements.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Nopcsa, F. (1928), "Palaeontological notes on reptiles." Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica, tomus, 1, -Pasc. 1, p. 1-84
  2. Raven . T.J. . Barrett . P.M. . Pond . S.B. . Maidment . S.C. . 2020 . Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 40 . 4 . 10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.

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