Europelta
Field photograph to come
Europelta
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- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Kirkland et al. 2013
Field notes
About Europelta
Europelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Europelta, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Escucha Formation. It was named by Kirkland et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Kirkland, L. Alcalá, and M. A. Loewen, Espílez, L. Mampei, J. P. Wiersma. 2013. The basal nodosaurid Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of northeastern Spain. PLoS One 8(12):e80405:1-40