The Armored DinosaursKenneth Carpenter Armored dinosaurs were some of the earliest dinosaurs named, including the ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus in 1833 and Stegosaurus in 1877. But these armored dinosaurs, or thyreophorans, have been the least studied group because they lack the visceral appeal of Tyrannosaurus and the fossil abundance of ceratopsians and hadrosaurs. The incredible diversity of armored dinosaurs has only recently been appreciated: the discovery of new stegosaurs in the Jurassic of China and the United States, and of new ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of North America have led to renewed interest in thyreophorans. The Armored Dinosaurs brings together the latest studies by an international group of dinosaur paleontologists and provides descriptions of the original specimens of Hyaleosaurus and Stegosaurus, names new thyreophorans, and redescribes historically important specimens from Europe. The contributors are Paul M. Barrett, John Bird, William T. Blows, Don Burge, Kenneth Carpenter, H. Trevor Clifford, Karen Cloward, Margery C. Coombs, Rodolfo A. Corio, Philip J. Currie, Tracy L. Ford, Peter M. Galton, Robert W. Gaston, James I. Kirkland, Martin G. Lockley, Richard T. McCrea, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Christian A. Meyer, Clifford A. Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, David B. Norman, Paul Penkalski, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Bruce M. Rothschild, A. P. Russell, N. Rybczynski, Leonardo Salgado, Jennifer Schellenbach, and M. K. Vickaryous. |
Contents
Scelidosaurus the Earliest Complete Dinosaur DAVID B NORMAN | 3 |
Tooth Wear and Possible Jaw Action of Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen and a Review | 25 |
Barrett Department of Zoology and University Museum | 26 |
New Primitive Stegosaur from the Morrison Formation Wyoming | 55 |
Othniel Charles Marsh and the Myth of the EightSpiked Stegosaurus | 74 |
John Bird Prehistoric Museum College of Eastern Utah Price | 75 |
Possible Stegosaur Dermal Armor from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England | 130 |
William T Blows Division of Applied Biological Sciences St Bartholo | 131 |
An Ankylosaurid and Not | 239 |
Variation in Specimens Referred to Euoplocephalus tutus PAUL PENKALSKI | 261 |
Evidence of Complex Jaw Movement in the Late Cretaceous Ankylosaurid | 299 |
Thyreophora Reappraisal | 318 |
Armor of the Small Ankylosaur Minmi RALPH E MOLNAR | 341 |
Dermal Armor of the Polacanthine Dinosaurs WILLIAM T BLOWS | 363 |
Mounted Skeleton of the Polacanthine Ankylosaur Gastonia burgei | 386 |
An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland Australia | 399 |
Posttraumatic Chronic Osteomyelitis in Stegosaurus Dermal Spikes | 141 |
South American Ankylosaurs RODOLFO A CORIA AND LEONARDO SALGADO | 159 |
Skull of the Polacanthid Ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus armatus Mantell 1833 from the Lower | 169 |
Disarticulated Skull of a New Primitive Ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous | 211 |
Don Burge Prehistoric Museum College of Eastern Utah Price | 236 |