Sauroplites

DV-0177 · type species Sauroplites scutiger

Lived: 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
Found in: China
Named by: Bohlin 1953

Field notes

About Sauroplites

Sauroplites was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sauroplites, from China. It was named by Bohlin in 1953.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Nodosauridae.

BorealopeltaEarly Cretaceous
EdmontoniaLate Cretaceous
PolacanthusEarly Cretaceous
GastoniaEarly Cretaceous
NodosaurusLate Cretaceous
HylaeosaurusEarly Cretaceous
SauropeltaEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
GargoyleosaurusLate Jurassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. Bohlin. 1953. VI. Vertebrate Palaeontology 6. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-western Provinces of China under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication 37:1-113