Describer

Nopcsa, 1928

Time

Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian

Classification

Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

England

Fall Under

Hylaeosaurus armatus

Info

Genus

Hylaeosaurus armatus (Mantell, 1833) = Polacanthoides (Nopcsa, 1928) Vectensia (Delair, 1982)

Hylaeosaurus armatus = Hylosaurus mantelli (Fitzinger, 1840) Hylaeosaurus oweni (Mantell, 1844) Polacanthoides ponderosus (Nopcsa, 1929) > Polacanthus foxii (Hulke, 1881)

Polacanthoides (\\\\\\\"like many spikes\\\\\\\") Named for a resemblance to Polacanthus; type specimen is apparently a composite of Polacanthus and Hylaeosaurus material. Possible subjective synonym of Hylaeosaurus.