Dongyangopelta
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Dongyangopelta
DV-0849
- Lived
- 113 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Chen et al. 2013
Field notes
About Dongyangopelta
Dongyangopelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 113 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dongyangopelta, from China. Its fossils come from the Chaochuan Formation. It was named by Chen et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Chen, W. Zheng, and Y. Azuma, M. Shibata, T. Lou, Q. Jin, X. Jin. 2013. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):658-671