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Ankylosauridae

Platypelta coombsi

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Platypelta 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Platypelta
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (77.5–76.5 Mya)
Place
Canada · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.

Platypelta is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation (early Late Campanian stage, about 77.5-76.5 Ma ago) of southern Alberta, Canada. The type species is Platypelta coombsi.

What we know

  • Named by Penkalski, 2018.
  • Fossils found in Canada and Alberta, Canada.

What we guess

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