Species: mimus FORD, 2000
Etymology: Greek, mimos, “mimic”: In reference to the osteoderms mimicking the scute pattern of a Glyptodon.

Holotype: USNM 8610

Locality: Barrel Springs Arroyo, about 1 mile southwest of Ojo Alamo Store, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Kirtland Formation (old Ojo Alamo Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: A number of dermal scutes with many fragments. A small section of ilia scutes similar to Stegopelta.

Hypodigm:

USNM 8611: Several plates similar to the pelvic scutes, some scutes are heaver and thicker.

 

Locality: NMMNH locality 1463, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-14266: 38 osteoderm fragments in various states of preservation.

 

Locality: NMMNH locality 3355, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-27489: 1 fragmentary pup-tent scute and a fragment of a pelvic scute.

 

BURNS, 2008

Locality: SMP locality 364b, upper reaches of the northwestern part of the Bisti/De-na-zin Wildness, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1580: 71 complete or nearly complete osteoderms, numerous osteoderm fragments and postcraial fragments presumably all from a single individual.

SMP VP-1147: Complete tertiary cervical/pectoral osteoderm.

SMP VP-1319: Incomplete lateral cervical/pectoral osteoderm.

SMP VP-1640: 2 incomplete osteoderms.

SMP VP-1731: Incomplete lateral osteoderm.

SMP VP-1825: Incomplete lateral thoracic osteoderm.

SMP VP-1826: 2 osteoderm fragments.

SMP VP-1831: 1 thoracic osteoderm.

SMP VP-1832: 1 thoracic osteoderm.

SMP VP-1863: 1 thoracic osteoderm.

SMP VP-2026: Osteoderm fragments.

SMP VP-2067: 1 complete pelvic osteoderm with other osteoderm and indeterminate postcranial fragments.

SMP VP-2077: Incomplete rectrangual, lateral cervical/pectoral osteoderm, complete pelvic osteoderm, and other osteoderm fragments.

SMP VP-2019: 1 osteoderm fragment.

 

BURNS & LUCAS, 2015

Locality: San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Fossil Forest Member, Fruitland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian Age, Late Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-20880: Partial single cervical/pectoral half-ring, keeled osteoderm.

NMMNH P-22753: Weathered and fragmentary osteoderm.

 

JASINSKI, SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2011

Locality: San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-27405: 2 fragmentary osteoderms and several osteoderm fragments.

NMMNH P-33917: Complete dorsal osteoderm.

SMP VP-1622: Osteoderm fragments and indeterminate bone fragments.

SMP VP-1821: Incomplete osteoderms and indeterminate bone fragments.

SMP VP-2157: Osteoderm fragment.

SMP VP-2661: 2 osteoderm fragments.

SMP VP-2786: Nearly complete dorsal osteoderm and several incomplete osteoderms and osteoderm fragment.