Pawpawsaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Albian),
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Skull in side, top, back and bottom views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Nodosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Nodosaurinae |
Clade: | †Struthiosaurini |
Genus: | †Pawpawsaurus Lee, 1996 |
Species: | †P. campbelli
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Binomial name | |
†Pawpawsaurus campbelli Lee, 1996
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Pawpawsaurus, meaning "Pawpaw Lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous (late Albian) of Tarrant County, Texas, discovered in May 1992. The only species yet assigned to this taxon, Pawpawsaurus campbelli, is based on a complete skull (lacking mandibles) from the marine Paw Paw Formation (Wachita Group).[1]