Cedarpelta
Field photograph to come
Cedarpelta
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- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 10 m (33 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Carpenter et al. 2001
Field notes
About Cedarpelta
Cedarpelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Cedarpelta, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Carpenter et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
To scale
How big was Cedarpelta?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, and D. L. Burge, J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated skull of a new primitive ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington