Peloroplites

Field photograph to come

DV-0664Cedar Mountain Fm., Utah

Peloroplites

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Lived
121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
Found in
United States
Named by
Carpenter et al. 2008

Field notes

About Peloroplites

Peloroplites was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Peloroplites, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Carpenter et al. in 2008.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Nodosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Carpenter, J. Bartlett, and J. Bird, R. Barrick. 2008. Ankylosaurs from the Price River Quarries, Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), east-central Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1089-1101