Glyptodontopelta Glyptodontopelta
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Glyptodontopelta 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (69–66 Mya)
- Place
- Mexico · New Mexico, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
Glyptodontopelta (meaning “Glyptodon shield”) is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from New Mexico that lived during the Late Cretaceous (lower to upper Maastrichtian, 69 to 66 Ma) in what is now the Naashoibito member of the Ojo Alamo Formation. The type and only species, Glyptodontopelta mimus, is known from numerous specimens that consist of osteoderms, a dentary, supraorbital and bone fragments. It was named in 2000 by Tracy Ford. Edmontonia australis is a junior synonym of Glyptodontopelta.
What we know
- Named by Ford, 2000.
- Fossils found in Mexico and New Mexico, USA.