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Ankylosauridae

Bissektipelta archibaldi

"Bissekty shield"

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bissektipelta 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Bissektipelta
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (92–90 Mya)
Place
Asia · Uzbekistan
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.
Bissektipelta reconstruction by Atlantis536
Reconstruction · Atlantis536 (CC0)

Bissektipelta (meaning “Bissekty shield”) is a genus of ankylosaurine thyreophoran dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Bissektipelta is a monospecific genus, containing only the type species B. archibaldi.

What we know

  • Named by Parish & Barrett, 2004.
  • Fossils found in Asia and Uzbekistan.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Bissektipelta — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.