Species
Valid Extinct

Pinacosaurus grangeri

Gilmore 1933

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
14
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
Eurypoda Unranked clade
Ankylosauria Unranked clade
Euankylosauria Unranked clade
Ankylosauridae Family
Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
Pinacosaurus Genus
Pinacosaurus grangeri Species
Fossil sites 14 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
7
🇲🇳 Mongolia
7
Geological formations
Bayan Mandahu
5
Jiangjunding
1
Alagteeg
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
13
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Synonyms (2)
Pinacosaurus ninghsiensis subjective synonym of Pinacosaurus grangeri
Syrmosaurus viminocaudus subjective synonym of Pinacosaurus grangeri
Bibliography
Original description
C. W. Gilmore. 1933. Two new dinosaurian reptiles from Mongolia with notes on some fragmentary specimens. American Museum Novitates 679:1-20
Bibliography (10)
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R. Gradzinski, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and T. Maryanska. 1977. Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta, Barun Goyot and Nemegt formations of Mongolia, including remarks on previous subdivisions. Acta Geologica Polonica 27(3):281-318
T. Maryanska. 1971. New data on the skull of Pinacosaurus grangeri (Ankylosauria). Palaeontologia Polonica 25:45-53
E. A. Maleev. 1952. Novoe semeystvo pantsirnich dinosavrov is verchnego mela Mongolii [A new family of armored dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 87(1):131-134
C.-C. Young. 1935. On a new nodosaurid from Ninghsia. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 11(1):1-28
C. W. Gilmore. 1933. Two new dinosaurian reptiles from Mongolia with notes on some fragmentary specimens. American Museum Novitates 679:1-20