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{{Short description|Invalid genus of dinosaur}}

{{Short description|invalid genus of Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from the UK}}



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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = ''Polacanthoides''

| taxon = Polacanthoides

| fossil_range = <br>Early Cretaceous, {{fossil range|140|135|latest=Barremian}}

| authority = Nopcsa, 1928

| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Polacanthoides ponderosus'''''

| type_species_authority = Nopcsa, 1928

}}



'''''Polacanthoides''''' (meaning ''[[Polacanthus]] like'') is a chimeric [[genus]] of [[nodosauridae|nodosaurid]] [[dinosaur]] from [[Europe]].<ref name=nopsca28>Nopcsa, F. (1928), "Palaeontological notes on reptiles." ''Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica'', tomus, 1, -Pasc. 1, p. 1-84</ref> the fossils date to the [[Early Cretaceous]], between 140 and 135 million years ago from what is now [[England]]. The genus and species were named by [[Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás]] in 1928. The syntype specimens are NHMUK PV OR2584, a left scapula from the [[Wealden Group]], and NHMUK PV R1106, R1107, a humerus plus tibia both from the [[Wessex Formation]]. Due to the disparate locations of the syntypes, it is a [[junior synonym]] of both ''[[Hylaeosaurus]]'' and ''[[Polacanthus]]'' and was based on a [[chimera (paleontology)|chimera]] of skeletal elements. ''Polacanthoides'' is now considered an [[Valid name (zoology)|invalid name]].<ref name="Raven2020">{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=T.J. |last2=Barrett |first2=P.M. |last3=Pond |first3=S.B. |last4=Maidment |first4=S.C. |year=2020 |title=Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=40 |issue=4 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956}}</ref>

'''''Polacanthoides''''' (meaning ''[[Polacanthus]] like'') as named as a [[genus]] of [[nodosauridae|nodosaurid]] [[dinosaur]] from [[Europe]].<ref name=nopsca28>Nopcsa, F. (1928), "Palaeontological notes on reptiles." ''Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica'', tomus, 1, -Pasc. 1, p. 1-84</ref> It lived about 140 to 135 million years ago in what is now [[England]]. It was named by Nopsca in 1928. The type specimen is NHMUK 2584. It is a junior synonym of both ''[[Hylaeosaurus]]'' and ''[[Polacanthus]]'' and was based on a [[chimera (paleontology)|chimera]] of skeletal elements.<ref name="">{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=T.J. |last2=Barrett |first2=P.M. |last3=Pond |first3=S.B. |last4=Maidment |first4=S.C. |year=2020 |title=Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=40 |issue=4 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956}}</ref>



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Polacanthoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Clade: Ankylosauria
Family: Nodosauridae
Subfamily: Polacanthinae
Genus: Polacanthoides
Nopcsa, 1928
Type species
Polacanthoides ponderosus

Nopcsa, 1928

Polacanthoides (meaning Polacanthus like) as named as a genusofnodosaurid dinosaur from Europe.[1] It lived about 140 to 135 million years ago in what is now England. It was named by Nopsca in 1928. The type specimen is NHMUK 2584. It is a junior synonym of both Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus and was based on a chimera of skeletal elements.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Nopcsa, F. (1928), "Palaeontological notes on reptiles." Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica, tomus, 1, -Pasc. 1, p. 1-84
  • ^ Raven, T.J.; Barrett, P.M.; Pond, S.B.; Maidment, S.C. (2020). "Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.

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