Glyptodontopelta
Glyptodontopelta was a slow, tank-like dinosaur covered in bony armor. It lived in what is now New Mexico, USA, during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs. This plant-eater used its tough shield to protect itself from hungry predators.14
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Glyptodontopelta is known mostly from its bony armor plates, called osteoderms. The most complete specimen includes over a hundred of these plates.1
Its name means 'Glyptodon shield' because its armor reminded scientists of the giant armadillo-like mammal Glyptodon.1
This dinosaur lived about 69 to 66 million years ago, right before the big extinction that killed most dinosaurs.1
For a while, some scientists thought Glyptodontopelta might be a fake name (nomen dubium), but later studies showed its armor is unique enough to be a real dinosaur.1
Another armored dinosaur from New Mexico, Edmontonia australis, is now considered the same animal as Glyptodontopelta.1
Most asked questions about Glyptodontopelta
?How big was Glyptodontopelta?
Scientists are not sure of its exact size because only its armor and a few bones have been found. It was probably about 5 metres (16 feet) long, like other nodosaurids.14
?What did Glyptodontopelta eat?
It was a plant-eater. Its leaf-shaped teeth helped it chew tough plants.14
?When did Glyptodontopelta live?
It lived about 69 to 66 million years ago, during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1
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- Scientific name
- Glyptodontopelta
- Named by
- Ford 20004
- Group
- Armoured dinos
- Family / clade
- Nodosauridae4
- Classification
- Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
- Age of the rocks
- 84 to 66 million years (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
- Rock formations
- Ojo Alamo, Kirtland4
- Countries
- USA4
- Fossil records
- 11 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Glyptodontopelta was named by Tracy Lee Ford in 2000. The first fossils were collected in 1916 by Gilmore and Reeside, but they were not studied until much later.12
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Glyptodontopelta was, because only armor and a few bone fragments have been found.1
Where the facts come from
- Glyptodontopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
- Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000 | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
- Glyptodontopelta mimus | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Glyptodontopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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