Sauroplites
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| Sauroplites Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Sauroplites (meaning "hoplite lizard") is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. The type species, Sauroplites scutiger, was formally described by Bohlin in 1953, but is often considered a nomen dubium because it is based on fragmentary material. Sauroplites lived in what is now Gansu, China, during the Barremian to Aptian stages. Some believe it may actually be a specimen of another ankylosaur, Shamosaurus.
[edit] External links
- Sauroplites in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
- Ankylosauria at Thescelosaurus!
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