Niobrarasaurus

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iNiobrarasaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Ankylosauria
Family: Nodosauridae
Genus: Niobrarasaurus
Species: N. coleii
Binomial name
Niobrarasaurus coleii
Carpenter et al, 1995

Niobrarasaurus("Niobrara lizard") was found in Cretaceous Niobrara, Kansas, which would be on the west coast of the giant inland sea, the Sea of Niobrara. It was a nodosaur, an Ankylosaur without a club tail. It was closely related to Polacanthus and Nodosaurus.