DINOSAUR TYPE SPECIMENS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Frequently Asked Questions Additional References > Glyptodontopelta mimus > Glyptodontopelta mimus - Ford 2000   Catalogue: USNM 8610 Material: armor scutes Classification: Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae Collected:C. W. Gilmore, 1916 Place: “Ojo Alamo Sandstone”, Barrel Springs arroyo, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA Time: possibly Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous Original Publication: T. Ford. 2000. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:157-176 Other References: T. Ford. 2000. Lehman, 1981 The type material consists of armor scutes from an ankylosaur, originally published by Gilmore as “genus and species indeterminate”. Lehman (1981) republished the material as a nodosaurid ankylosaur, but it was not recognized as a distinct species until 2000, nearly a century after its original discovery.
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