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Nodocephalosaurus

Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis Sullivan 1999

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Sullivan 1999. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Nodocephalosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Nodocephalosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Nodocephalosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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predator–prey
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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predator–prey
Gorgosaurus
Gorgosaurus libratus
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coexisted–with
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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same–clade
Antarctopelta
Antarctopelta oliveroi
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same–clade
Struthiosaurus
Struthiosaurus languedocensis
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