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Aletopelta
Taxonomy
Aletopelta was named by Ford and Kirkland (2001). It is not extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Ankylosauridae by Carpenter (2001) and Ford and Kirkland (2001); and to Nodosauridae by Rivera-Sylva et al. (2011).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Ankylosauridae by Carpenter (2001) and Ford and Kirkland (2001); and to Nodosauridae by Rivera-Sylva et al. (2011).
Species
Sister genera
Animantarx, Antarctopelta, Edmontonia (syn. Denversaurus, Chassternbergia), Glyptodontopelta, Hungarosaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus (syn. Euacanthus), Sarcolestes, Sauropelta, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurus (syn. Leipsanosaurus, Pleuropeltus, Rhodanosaurus, Danubiosaurus, Crataeomus, Rhadinosaurus), Syngonosaurus (syn. Syngonosaurus macrocercus), Texasetes, Zhejiangosaurus, Zhongyuansaurus
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Aletopelta Carpenter p. 457 |
| 2001 | Aletopelta Ford and Kirkland pp. 240-241 figs. 12.1-12.12 |
| 2011 | Aletopelta Rivera-Sylva et al. p. 376 |
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