邁摩爾甲龍在甲龍亞目的分類位置仍有爭議。Vickaryous等人的2004年研究認為,邁摩爾甲龍是甲龍亞目的分類不明屬,而詹姆士·柯克蘭(James Kirkland)等人的2004年研究將牠們歸類於多刺甲龍科。Richard S. Thompson等人的2011年研究,則提出邁摩爾甲龍是種原始結節龍科[2]。邁摩爾甲龍目前只有一個已命名種,梅斯氏邁摩爾甲龍(M. maysi)。邁摩爾甲龍與怪嘴龍皆為已知最早的甲龍類之一,可提供甲龍類的早期演化與分化資訊。
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