↑(en) W.P. Coombs, Jr. and T.A. Deméré, 1996, "A Late Cretaceous nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from marine sediments of coastal California", Journal of Paleontology70(2): 311-326.
↑(en) Tracy Lee Ford et James Kirkland, « Chapitre 12. Carlsbad Ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): An Ankylosaurid and Not a Nodosaurid », dans Kenneth Carpenter, The Armored Dinosaurs, Bloomington & Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana University Press, (ISBN0-253-33964-2, OCLC45820994, lire en ligne), p. 241 :
« Etymology. In honor of Walter P. Coombs, Jr., for his groundbreaking work on ankylosaurs and his years of research, which have inspired many an enthusiast as well as professional paleontologist. »
↑(en) Paul Penkalski, « Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies », Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, vol. 287, no 3, , p. 261–306 (ISSN0077-7749, DOI10.1127/njgpa/2018/0717, lire en ligne, consulté le ) :
« Etymology: The specific name honours Walter P. Coombs,
Jr. for his pioneering work on ankylosaurs. »