Crichtonpelta
Field photograph to come
Crichtonpelta
DV-0946
- Lived
- 106 to 90 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Arbour and Currie 2016
Field notes
About Crichtonpelta
Crichtonpelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 106 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Crichtonpelta, from China. Its fossils come from the Sunjiawan Formation. It was named by Arbour and Currie in 2016.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
100 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2016. Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(5):385-444