Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 63920

Alternative combination: Panoplosaurus longiceps

Synonyms: Denversaurus schlessmani Bakker 1988 (no. 68191), Edmontonia schlessmani Bakker 1988 (no. 402914)

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 22:93-106

Belongs to Edmontonia according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Edmontonia rugosidens

Type specimens:

• Edmontonia longiceps: NMC 8531, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is 7 miles northwest of Morrin (20 ft level) [NMC], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.
• Denversaurus schlessmani: DMNH 468. Its type locality is Twito ranch (DMNH), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore