Pawpawsaurus
Pawpawsaurus campbelli
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 (Washita Group).
- Family
- Nodosauridae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (100.0–96.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Weight
- 700 kg
- Type locality
- Paw Paw Formation, Texas, USA
- Holotype
- SMU 73203
- PBDB
- txn:55998