Ziapelta
Field photograph to come
Ziapelta
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Arbour et al. 2014
Field notes
About Ziapelta
Ziapelta was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ziapelta, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Kirtland Formation. It was named by Arbour et al. in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 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, M. E. Burns, and R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, A. K. Cantrell, J. Fry, T. L. Suazo. 2014. A new ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with implications for ankylosaurid diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. PLoS ONE 9(9):e108804:1-14