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Mymoorapelta
Fossil range: Late Jurassic

Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sauropsida
Superorder:Dinosauria
Order:Ornithischia
Suborder:Thyreophora
Infraorder:Ankylosauria
Family:?Ankylosauridae
Genus:Mymoorapelta
Species:M. maysi
Binomial name
Mymoorapelta maysi
Kirkland et Carpenter, 1994
Mymoorapelta ("Shield of Mygatt-Moore") is an ankylosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) of western Colorado. The taxon is known from portions of a disarticulated skull, parts of three different skeletons and other postcranial remains. There is presently some controversy as to this ankylosaur's position within the Ankylosauria. Vickaryous et al. (2004) considered it Ankylosauria incertae sedis, while Kirkland et Carpenter (1994) placed it within the Family Polacanthidae. To date, only a single species has been named for this taxon, M. maysi. Along with Gargoyleosaurus pankinorum, Mymoorapelta is one of the earliest known ankylosaurs, providing a look at the early evolution and diversification of this group of dinosaurs.

References

  • Carpenter, K., Kirkland, J. I., Birge, D., and Bird, J. 2001. Disarticulated skull of a new primitive ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah. in Carpenter, K. (editor) 2001. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press
  • J. I. Kirkland and K. Carpenter 1994. North America's first pre-Cretaceous ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western Colorado Brigham Young University Geology Studies 40:25-42
  • Vickaryous, Maryanska, and Weishampel 2004. Chapter Seventeen: Ankylosauria. in The Dinosauria (2nd edition), Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H., editors. University of California Press.
The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago) to 145.4 ± 4.0 Ma, the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous.
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conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the
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For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation)


FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora
  • Saurischia

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Ornithischia
Seeley, 1888

Suborders
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora


Ornithischia or Predentata is an order of beaked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
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Thyreophora
Nopcsa, 1915

Infraorders
  • Ankylosauria
  • Stegosauria


The Thyreophora ("shield bearers", often known simply as "armored dinosaurs" - Greek: θυρεος
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Ankylosauria
Osborn, 1923

Families

Ankylosauridae
Nodosauridae

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia.
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Ankylosauridae
Brown, 1908

Genera

See text.

An ankylosaurid is a member of the Ankylosauridae family of armored dinosaurs that evolved 125 million years ago (along with another family of ankylosaurs, the Nodosauridae) and became extinct
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago) to 145.4 ± 4.0 Ma, the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous.
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The Kimmeridgian is a stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 155.7 ± 4 Ma and 150.8 ± 4 Ma (million years ago).

The stage takes its name from the village of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast, England where the exposure is at its greatest extent.
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The Tithonian is the final stage of the Late Jurassic Epoch. It spans the time between 150.8 ± 4 Ma and 145.5 ± 4 Ma (million years ago). It is followed by the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous Epoch.
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Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Late Jurassic sedimentary rock that is found in the western United States and Canada, which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America.
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Nickname(s): The Centennial State
Motto(s): Nil sine numine

Official language(s) English

Capital Denver
Largest city Denver

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Ankylosauria
Osborn, 1923

Families

Ankylosauridae
Nodosauridae

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia.
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Incertae sedis—"of uncertain position (seat)"—is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.

Examples

The taxonomy for humans is usually recognized as follows:

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Gargoyleosaurus

Species: G. parkpinorum

Binomial name
Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
Carpenter et al.
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Dinosauria *
Owen, 1842

Orders & Suborders
  • Ornithischia
  • Cerapoda
  • Thyreophora
  • Saurischia

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