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Nodosaurus

Nodosaurus textilis Marsh 1889

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Nodosaurus textilis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Marsh 1889. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Nodosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Nodosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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predator–prey
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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predator–prey
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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same–clade
Stegopelta
Stegopelta landerensis
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same–clade
Anoplosaurus
Anoplosaurus curtonotus
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same–clade
Crichtonpelta
Crichtonpelta benxiensis
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