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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
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.