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Ankylosauridae

Crichtonpelta

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Crichtonpelta 4 m (13.1 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Crichtonpelta
Length
4 m (13.1 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (99–95 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.

Crichtonpelta is a genus of extinct herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of China.

What we know

  • Named by (Lü et al., 2007).
  • Body length estimated at about 4 m.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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