Patagopelta
Field photograph to come
Patagopelta
DV-1190 · type species Patagopelta cristata
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Riguetti et al. 2022
Field notes
About Patagopelta
Patagopelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Patagopelta, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Allen Formation. It was named by Riguetti et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Riguetti, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and D. Ponce, L. Salgado, S. Apesteguía, S. Rozadilla, V. Arbour. 2022. A new small-bodied ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia (Río Negro Province, Argentina). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):2137441