Aletopelta
Field photograph to come
Aletopelta
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ford and Kirkland 2001
Field notes
About Aletopelta
Aletopelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aletopelta, from California. Its fossils come from the Point Loma Formation. It was named by Ford and Kirkland in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. L. Ford and J. I. Kirkland. 2001. Carlsbad ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): an ankylosaurid and not a nodosaurid. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington