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Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown, 1908

 

Remarks

  • Collection:   Lee Garrison
  • Formation:  Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation
  • Location:     Montana
  • Data compiled by Lee Garrison

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1908 Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown
  • 2004 Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown; Carpenter

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Edmonton Group, Scollard Formation of Canada
  • Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana
  • Montana Group, Lance Formation of Wyoming

 

Age

  • Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown ranges from the Middle to Late Maastrichtian Stage (~69–65 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Alberta, Canada
  • Carter County, MT
  • Niobrara County, WY

 

Remarks

       For more information, see:

  • Brown, B.  1908.  The Ankylosauridae, a New Family of Armored Dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous.  Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24 (2), 187–201; fig's 4 and 5 (good figures of teeth) and fig. 20 (excellent skeletal reconstruction of entire dino).
  • Carpenter, K.  2004.  Rediscription of Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown, 1908 (Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41, 961–986; fig. 10 (photos of teeth of holotype) and fig. 21 (great life restoration).

 

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