Cedarpelta
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (98.2–93 Mya)
- Place
- Utah, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.
Cedarpelta is an extinct genus of basal ankylosaurid dinosaur from Utah that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian to lower Turonian stage, 98.2 to 93 Ma) in what is now the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation. The type and only species, Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum, is known from multiple specimens including partial skulls and postcranial material. It was named in 2001 by Kenneth Carpenter, James Kirkland, Don Burge, and John Bird. Cedarpelta has an estimated length of 7 metres (23 feet) and weight of 5 tonnes (11,023 lbs). The skull of Cedarpelta lacks extensive cranial ornamentation and is one of the only known ankylosaurs with individual skull bones that are not completely fused together.
What we know
- Named by Carpenter et al., 2001.
- Fossils found in Utah, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Cedarpelta — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.