The pattern of cranial ornamentation present in this ankylosaurid "is distinguished by semi-inflated to bulbous, polygonal, cranial osteoderms that are bilaterally and symmetrically arranged on the frontonasal region of the skull", and includes deltoid quadratojugal flanges and pyramid-shaped squamosal bosses.
Paul estimated its length at 4.5 meters (15 ft) and its weight at 1.5 tonnes (1.65 short tons).
 
The type description noted the taxon's similarity to the Mongolian ankylosaurids Saichania chulsanensis and Tarchia gigantea, and suggested that these three taxa form a clade within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae.
However, Vickaryous and others consider this assignment provisional and list the genus as Ankylosaurinae incertae sedis.

There is also evidence of a paranasal sinus cavity in the maxilla.
Sullivan also noted that material previously collected from the Kirtland Formation and assigned to the taxa Euoplocephalus or Panoplosaurus might actually represent additional remains of Nodocephalosaurus.
By way of comparison, the head armor of Nodocephalosaurus is strikingly similar to that of Akainacephalus, a related form discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation in 2018.
The pattern of cranial ornamentation present in this ankylosaurid "is distinguished by semi-inflated to bulbous, polygonal, cranial osteoderms that are bilaterally and symmetrically arranged on the frontonasal region of the skull", and includes deltoid quadratojugal flanges and pyramid-shaped squamosal bosses. Paul estimated its length at 4.5 meters (15 ft) and its weight at 1.5 tonnes (1.65 short tons).  
The type description noted the taxon's similarity to the Mongolian ankylosaurids Saichania chulsanensis and Tarchia gigantea, and suggested that these three taxa form a clade within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. However, Vickaryous and others consider this assignment provisional and list the genus as Ankylosaurinae incertae sedis.
There is also evidence of a paranasal sinus cavity in the maxilla. Sullivan also noted that material previously collected from the Kirtland Formation and assigned to the taxa Euoplocephalus or Panoplosaurus might actually represent additional remains of Nodocephalosaurus. By way of comparison, the head armor of Nodocephalosaurus is strikingly similar to that of Akainacephalus, a related form discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation in 2018.
Nodocephalosaurus