Jakapil Jakapil
"shield bearer"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jakapil 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (97–94 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Jakapil (meaning “shield bearer” in Puelchean) is a genus of basal thyreophoran dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-aged) Candeleros Formation of Argentina. The type species is Jakapil kaniukura.
What we know
- Named by Riguetti, Apesteguía & Pereda-Suberbiola, 2022.
- Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.