[D] Scolosaurus cutleri [jG]
Describer
Nopcsa, 1928
Time
Cretaceous Late, Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada
Typespecies
Euoplocephalus tutus
Info
Genus
Euoplocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) = Stereocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) >> Palaeoscincus asper (Lambe, 1902) Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus (Parks, 1924) Scolosaurus cutleri (Nopcsa, 1928) Anodontosaurus lambei (Sternberg, 1929)
Scolosaurus cutleri had a splendid leaf impression in the belly.
\\\"spiny reptile\\\"
Included with Euoplocephalus tutus, however it is difficult to assign because neither the skull or tail club are preserved in this further superbly preserved North American ankylosaur. It may also be Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus.
Nopcsa imagined Scolosaurus was a giant insectivore(!). He also noted a splendid leaf impression in the belly. R5161 (holotype of Scolosaurus cutleri) vertebral column, forelimb, hindlimb, armor.
Nopcsa, 1928
Time
Cretaceous Late, Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada
Typespecies
Euoplocephalus tutus
Info
Genus
Euoplocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) = Stereocephalus tutus (Lambe, 1902) >> Palaeoscincus asper (Lambe, 1902) Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus (Parks, 1924) Scolosaurus cutleri (Nopcsa, 1928) Anodontosaurus lambei (Sternberg, 1929)
Scolosaurus cutleri had a splendid leaf impression in the belly.
\\\"spiny reptile\\\"
Included with Euoplocephalus tutus, however it is difficult to assign because neither the skull or tail club are preserved in this further superbly preserved North American ankylosaur. It may also be Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus.
Nopcsa imagined Scolosaurus was a giant insectivore(!). He also noted a splendid leaf impression in the belly. R5161 (holotype of Scolosaurus cutleri) vertebral column, forelimb, hindlimb, armor.