Zaraapelta
Field photograph to come
Zaraapelta
DV-0910 · type species Zaraapelta nomadis
- Lived
- 101 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Arbour et al. 2014
Field notes
About Zaraapelta
Zaraapelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zaraapelta, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Arbour et al. in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. M. Arbour, P. J. Currie, and D. Badamgarav. 2014. The ankylosaurid dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot and Nemegt formations of Mongolia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(3):631-652