Bissektipelta archibaldi Bissektipelta
"Bissekty shield"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bissektipelta 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (92–90 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Uzbekistan
- Food
- Herbivore
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.