Mymoorapelta
Mymoorapelta was a small, armoured dinosaur that lived about 155 to 150 million years ago. It had a flat, bony shield over its hips and sharp spikes along its sides and tail. This dinosaur used its armour to protect itself from big predators like Allosaurus.1
When did it live?
How big was it?
How long was it?
How heavy was it?
How big was Mymoorapelta compared to YOU?
Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
Fun facts
Mymoorapelta is one of the earliest known nodosaurids, a group of armoured dinosaurs without a tail club.1
Its name honors Peter and Marilyn Mygatt and John D. and Vanetta Moore, who discovered the quarry where its fossils were found.2
The most complete specimen includes a partial skull, vertebrae, ribs, and many pieces of armour.1
Mymoorapelta had five different types of armour, from sharp spines to a large shield made of tiny bony plates over its hips.1
It was a small dinosaur, only about 3 metres (9.8 feet) long, making it one of the smallest armoured dinosaurs from the Jurassic.1
Fossils of the predator Allosaurus have been found with bite marks on Mymoorapelta bones, showing that Allosaurus hunted it.1
Mymoorapelta lived alongside giant sauropods like Apatosaurus and Camarasaurus, but it ate low plants while they ate high leaves.1
Most asked questions about Mymoorapelta
?How big was Mymoorapelta?
About 3 metres (9.8 feet) long. It weighed around 300 to 562 kilograms (661 to 1239 pounds).13
?What did Mymoorapelta eat?
It was a low browser that ate cycads and conifers, low-growing plants.3
?Did Mymoorapelta have a tail club?
No, it did not have a tail club. Instead, its tail bore spikes that it likely used for defense.3
?When did Mymoorapelta live?
It lived during the Late Jurassic, about 155 to 150 million years ago.3
?Where was Mymoorapelta found?
Its fossils were found in the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in western Colorado, USA.34
?Was Mymoorapelta a dinosaur?
Yes, it was a nodosaurid ankylosaur, a type of armoured dinosaur.3
Ask Rex about Mymoorapelta
Rex only answers questions about this page. 10 questions a month.
Rex is an AI and can make mistakes. He runs on servers in the EU and questions are never saved. Never type your name or other personal things.
For dino experts
- Scientific name
- Mymoorapelta
- Named by
- Kirkland and Carpenter 19944
- Group
- Armoured dinos
- Family / clade
- Ankylosauria4
- Classification
- Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Thyreophora4
- Age of the rocks
- 155 to 143 million years (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)4
- Rock formations
- Morrison4
- Countries
- USA4
- Fossil records
- 3 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Mymoorapelta was named by James Kirkland and Kenneth Carpenter in 1994. The fossils were found in the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in western Colorado, which was discovered in 1981 by Peter and Marilyn Mygatt and John D. and Vanetta Moore.12
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how many different species of Mymoorapelta existed, because so few fossils have been found.1
Where the facts come from
- Mymoorapelta (en.wikipedia.org)
- geology.byu.edu (geology.byu.edu)
- Mymoorapelta (en.wikipedia.org)
- Mymoorapelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
Every fact on this page has a number that points to its source. If we got something wrong, sorry, we are dino fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Rex is hungry! Dino Wiki is a dad's project for his dino-loving son, free with no ads. Grown-ups can feed Rex a snack to help keep it online.Feed Rex
Ankylosaurus
Sauropelta
Pinacosaurus
Scutellosaurus
Struthiosaurus
Euoplocephalus
Brachiosaurus
Diplodocus
Allosaurus
Brontosaurus
Compsognathus
Camarasaurus