[D] Polacanthoides ponderosus
Describer
Nopcsa, 1929
Time
Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Wealden Beds, Isle of Wight, England
Fall Under
Hylaeosaurus armatus
Info
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