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Peloroplites cedrimontanus

Reptilia - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy
Peloroplites cedrimontanus was named by Carpenter et al. (2008). Its type specimen is CEUM 26331, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Price River II site (Loc. Utah EM372), which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial mudstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Peloroplites cedrimontanus Carpenter et al. p. 1090 figs. 2-13
2011Peleroplites cedrimontanus Kirkland and Loewen p. 5
2013Peloroplites cedrimontanus Kirkland et al. p. 7
2013Peloroplites cedrimontanus Yang et al. p. 273
2014Peloroplites cedrimontanus Han et al. p. 12 fig. 7
2016Peloroplites cedrimontanus Borinder et al. p. 65
2016Peloroplites cedrimontanus Kineer et al. p. 42
2016Peloroplites cedrimontanus Kirkland et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
familyNodosauridae
genusPeloroplites
speciescedrimontanus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Peloroplites cedrimontanus Carpenter et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Carpenter et al. 2008Skull lacking premaxillary teeth, occiput slopes anterodorsally, no prominent lateral temporal notch dorsally as in Sauropelta; cranial”horns“ small, and blunt, paroccipital process project laterally, not posterolaterally as in Sauropelta; quadrate vertical, not anteriorly bowed or sloped anteroventrally; odontoid very short, unlike Sauropelta, axis centrum short, as long as tall. Coracoid:scapula proportions about 2:3, similar to Animantarx, Edmontonia, unlike 1:3 in Sauropelta.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Utah) Nodosauridae indet. (type locality: 55334)