A Late Cretaceous ankylosaurid documented here through the type and referred material of Ankylosaurus magniventris redescribed by Carpenter; this profile stays within that specimen and formation sample rather than asserting a complete genus history.
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Ankylosaurus is bounded here by Carpenter’s redescription of referred Upper Cretaceous western North American material; the revised diagnosis does not make every isolated ankylosaurid remain part of the genus or define exact global endpoints.
claim:taxon:ankylosaurusAnkylosaurus is displayed at 72.1–66 Ma only as the stratigraphic coverage of the redescribed type and referred material, not a global genus FAD or LAD. The interval is a source-bounded sample window, not a global FAD, LAD, divergence date, continuous occupancy claim or direct-ancestor assertion.
claim:taxon:ankylosaurus:source-bounded-range-rc49Carpenter's redescription documents a long, low skull with prominent cranial horns, a large cervical half-ring and a large, low tail club in the type and referred Ankylosaurus material; the claim is limited to those specimens.
claim:taxon:ankylosaurus:profile-morphologyThis profile is geographically limited to the type and referred Upper Cretaceous Western Interior material from the Hell Creek, Lance and Scollard formations in Montana, Wyoming and Alberta; it does not claim a complete genus range.
claim:taxon:ankylosaurus:profile-biogeographyCarpenter's anatomical redescription does not directly establish diet, habitat preference, locomotion, body size or ecological guild for Ankylosaurus; those profile fields are explicitly withheld.
claim:taxon:ankylosaurus:profile-ecology