Peloroplites
Peloroplites was a huge, slow-moving plant-eater covered in bony armor and long spikes. It lived in what is now Utah during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.12
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Peloroplites is one of the largest known nodosaurids, a group of armored dinosaurs.1
Its body was covered in bony armor plates and long spikes that protected it from big predators like Acrocanthosaurus.2
The name Peloroplites means 'monstrous heavy one' in Greek, referring to its huge size and heavy armor.1
Only one species is known: Peloroplites cedrimontanus, named after the Cedar Mountain Formation where it was found.1
Its skeleton was put together from bones dug up by staff and volunteers from the USU Prehistoric Museum.2
Utah has more species of armored dinosaurs than any other U.S. state, and Peloroplites is one of them.2
Peloroplites lived in a wet, swampy environment near the edge of the Western Interior Seaway.1
Most asked questions about Peloroplites
?How big was Peloroplites?
Peloroplites was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (4,410 lbs). That makes it one of the largest known nodosaurids.12
?What did Peloroplites eat?
Peloroplites was a plant-eater. It had small teeth and a wide beak at the front of its mouth to crop low vegetation.23
?When did Peloroplites live?
Peloroplites lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.1
?Where was Peloroplites found?
Peloroplites was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Emery County, Utah, USA.12
?Was Peloroplites a dinosaur?
Yes, Peloroplites was a dinosaur. It belongs to a group of armored dinosaurs called nodosaurids.1
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- Scientific name
- Peloroplites
- Named by
- Carpenter et al. 20084
- Group
- Armoured dinos
- Family / clade
- Nodosauridae4
- Classification
- Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
- Age of the rocks
- 121 to 100 million years (Aptian / Albian)4
- Rock formations
- Cedar Mountain4
- Countries
- USA4
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Peloroplites was named in 2008 by Kenneth Carpenter and colleagues from a partial skull and other bones found in the Price River II quarry in Utah.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how large Peloroplites grew, because different estimates give lengths from 5 to 6 metres.1
Where the facts come from
- Peloroplites (en.wikipedia.org)
- Armored Monster Invades USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum (usu.edu)
- Peloroplites cedrimontanus (eastern.usu.edu)
- Peloroplites in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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