Platypelta coombsi Platypelta
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Platypelta 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (77.5–76.5 Mya)
- Place
- Canada · Alberta, Canada
- Food
- Herbivore
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.