| Polacanthoides Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | † Ornithischia |
| Clade: | † Thyreophora |
| Clade: | † Ankylosauria |
| Family: | † Nodosauridae |
| Subfamily: | † Polacanthinae |
| Genus: | † Polacanthoides Nopcsa, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| †Polacanthoides ponderosus Nopcsa, 1928 | |
Polacanthoides (meaning like Polacanthus ) is an invalid genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from Europe. [1] It lived about 140 to 135 million years ago in what is now England. It was named by Nopsca in 1928. The type specimen is NHMUK 2584. It is a junior synonym of both Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus and was based on a chimera of skeletal elements. [2]
