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A partial ankylosaurid skeleton from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah is recognized as a new taxon,  Akainacephalus johnsoni , gen. et sp. nov. The new taxon documents the first record of an associated ankylosaurid skull and postcranial skeleton from the Kaiparowits Formation. Preserved material includes a complete skull, much of the vertebral column, including a complete tail club, a nearly complete synsacrum, several fore- and hind limb elements, and a suite of postcranial osteoderms, making  Akainacephalus johnsoni  the most complete ankylosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of southern Laramidia. Arrangement and morphology of cranial ornamentation in  Akainacephalus johnsoni  is strikingly similar to  Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis  and some Asian ankylosaurids (e.g.,  Saichania chulsanensis ,  Pinacosaurus grangeri , and  Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani ); the cranium is densely ornamented with symmetrically arranged and distinctly raised ossified caputegulae which are predominantly distributed across the dorsal and dorsolateral regions of the nasals, frontals, and orbitals. Cranial caputegulae display smooth surface textures with minor pitting and possess a distinct conical to pyramidal morphology which terminates in a sharp apex. Character analysis suggests a close phylogenetic relationship with  N. kirtlandensis ,  M. ramachandrani ,  Tarchia teresae , and  S. chulsanensis , rather than with Late Cretaceous northern Laramidian ankylosaurids (e.g.,  Euoplocephalus tutus ,  Anodontosaurus lambei , and  Ankylosaurus magniventris ). These new data are consistent with evidence for distinct northern and southern biogeographic provinces in Laramidia during the late Campanian. The addition of this new ankylosaurid taxon from southern Utah enhances our understanding of ankylosaurid diversity and evolutionary relationships. Potential implications for the geographical distribution of Late Cretaceous ankylosaurid dinosaurs throughout the Western Interior suggest multiple time-transgressive biogeographic dispersal events from Asia into Laramidia.

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A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, <i>Akainacephalus johnsoni</i> gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA

A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA