結節龍亞科(Nodosaurinae)是甲龍亞目結節龍科的一個演化支,生存於白堊紀的歐洲、北美、南美。定義為包括紡結節龍(Nodosaurus textilis)、但不含武裝林龍(Hylaeosaurus armatus)、梅氏邁摩爾甲龍(Mymoorapelta maysi)或福氏多刺甲龍(Polacanthus foxii)在內的最大範圍演化支。於2021年由Madzia等人正式發表,其前身為奧斯尼歐·亞伯1919年所定義,當時他將甲龍、神聖龍、頂盾龍納入此類群;[1][2]而自亞伯首次把所有四足具裝甲的鳥臀目歸入其中以後,這個名稱的演化支所涵蓋的範圍已經歷多次變動,[2]現在包含了從白堊紀早期至馬斯垂克階、分布於歐美乃至阿根廷的大量物種。早先對該類群的非正式定義為所有較接近冑甲龍或結節龍,而離其他早期甲龍類如竊肉龍、林龍、邁摩爾甲龍、多刺甲龍較遠的物種,反映於Madzia等人選用的註解中。2018年Rivera-Sylva等人的系統發生學分析被Madzia等人用作冑甲龍族(Panoplosaurini)的主要參考依據,其他來源還包括Thompson等人(2012)、Arbour和Currie(2016)、Arbour等人(2016)、Brown等人(2017)。[1][3][4][5][6][7]
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