Reptilia - Dinosauria - Nodosauridae
Full reference: T. L. Ford and J. I. Kirkland. 2001. Carlsbad ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): an ankylosaurid and not a nodosaurid. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 239-260
Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Animantarx, Antarctopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Glyptodontopelta, Hungarosaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Sarcolestes, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Texasetes, Zhejiangosaurus, Zhongyuansaurus, Syngonosaurus
Subtaxa: Aletopelta coombsi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore