page_title: Timeline of ankylosaur research
section_title: 1930s
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of ankylosaur research / 20th century / 1930s
caption_attribution_description: Pinacosaurus - 01
context_page_description: This timeline of ankylosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the ankylosaurs, quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs who were protected by a covering bony plates and spikes and sometimes by a clubbed tail. Although formally trained scientists did not begin documenting ankylosaur fossils until the early 19th century, Native Americans had a long history of contact with these remains, which were generally interpreted through a mythological lens. The Delaware people have stories about smoking the bones of ancient monsters in a magic ritual to have wishes granted and ankylosaur fossils are among the local fossils that may have been used like this. The Native Americans of the modern southwestern United States tell stories about an armored monster named Yeitso that may have been influenced by local ankylosaur fossils. Likewise, ankylosaur remains are among the dinosaur bones found along the Red Deer River of Alberta, Canada where the Piegan people believe that the Grandfather of the Buffalo once lived.
context_section_description: 1930
  Charles Whitney Gilmore described the new genus and species Palaeoscincus rugosidens.
  1932
  Sternberg described the new ichnogenus and species Tetrapodosaurus borealis from the Early Cretaceous Gething Formation of British Columbia, Canada. He attributed the tracks to ceratopsians, but they would later be attributed to ankylosaurs.
  1933
  Gilmore described the new genus and species Pinacosaurus grangeri.
  1934
  Chakravarti described the new genus and species Brachypodosaurus gravis.
  1935
  C. C. Young described the new species Pinacosaurus ninghsiensis.
  1936
  Mehl described the new species Nodosaurus coleii.
caption: Skeletal reconstruction of Pinacosaurus
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