Stegopelta
Field photograph to come
Stegopelta
DV-0075 · type species Stegopelta landerensis
- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Williston 1905
Field notes
About Stegopelta
Stegopelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Stegopelta, from Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Frontier Formation. It was named by Williston in 1905.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. W. Williston. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22(564):503