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Nodosauridae

Pleuropeltus suessii pleu-ro-PE-ltu

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Pleuropeltus 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 Pleuropeltus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (83.6–72.2 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Ankylosaurs without the tail club.

Pleuropeltus is a nodosauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Seeley 1881.