thyreophoran


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Thyreophoran dinosaurs are found across much of the globe and have been mainly attributed to Laurasian rock formations, the team explained.
Dr Maidment said: "What is exciting about this is that there could be many more thyreophoran dinosaurs to find in places that until now have not been excavated."
The sum of the Las Sereas site data (Torcida Fernandez-Baldor et al., 2001; 2012; this study) suggest that its ichnodiversity is composed of sauropod, thyreophoran, theropod, and probably ornithopod tracks.
Despite the fact that thyreophorans have been described in Spain (Pereda-Suberbiola, 2006), no other quadrupedal dinosaurs, apart from sauropods, have been identified in the late Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula.
Although some preliminary works indicated the possible presence of ankylosaur remains (Ortega et al., 2008), the presence of thyreophorans is not certain at Lo Hueco.
From the group of armored dinosaurs come the thyreophorans: fossilized bones of an Ankylosaur and a cast of Stegosaurus.