Reptilia - Dinosauria - Nodosauridae
Full reference: K. Carpenter, D. W. Dilkes, and D. B. Weishampel. 1995. The dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Kansas). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):275-297
Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to K. Carpenter and M. J. Everhart 2007
Sister taxa: Aletopelta, Animantarx, Antarctopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Glyptodontopelta, Hungarosaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Sarcolestes, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Texasetes, Zhejiangosaurus, Zhongyuansaurus, Syngonosaurus
Subtaxa: Niobrarasaurus coleii
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore