| Nodocephalosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Nodocephalosaurus holotype SMP VP-900 (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Ankylosaurini |
| Genus: | †Nodocephalosaurus Sullivan, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| †Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis Sullivan, 1999
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Nodocephalosaurus (meaning "knob headed lizard") is a monospecific genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from New Mexico that lived during the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian stage, 73.49 to 73.04 Ma) in what is now the De-na-zin member of the Kirtland Formation.[1][2] The type and only species, Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, is known only from a partial skull.[1] It was named in 1999 by Robert M. Sullivan.[1] Nodocephalosaurus has an estimated length of 4.5 metres (15 feet) and weight of 1.5 tonnes (3,306 lbs).[3] It is closely related and shares similar cranial anatomy to Akainacephalus.[2]
- ^ a b c Sullivan, R. (1999). "Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen et sp nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia; Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Upper Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1): 126–139. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..126S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011128.
- ^ a b Wiersma, J.P.; Irmis, R.B. (2018). "A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA". PeerJ. 6: e5016. doi:10.7717/peerj.5016. PMC 6063217. PMID 30065856.
- ^ Paul, G.S., 2016, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press