Glyptodontopelta
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Glyptodontopelta
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- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ford 2000
Field notes
About Glyptodontopelta
Glyptodontopelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 11 finds of Glyptodontopelta, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from rocks including the Ojo Alamo Formation and the Kirtland Formation. It was named by Ford in 2000.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. L. Ford. 2000. A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:157-176