Glyptodontopelta

Glyptodontopelta
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 69–66 Ma
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Osteoderms from SMP VP1580
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Clade: †Ankylosauria
Clade: †Euankylosauria
Family: †Nodosauridae
Genus: †Glyptodontopelta
Ford, 2000
Type species
†Glyptodontopelta mimus
Ford, 2000
Synonyms

Glyptodontopelta (meaning "Glyptodon shield") is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from New Mexico that lived during the Late Cretaceous (lower to upper Maastrichtian, 69 to 66 Ma) in what is now the Naashoibito member of the Ojo Alamo Formation.[1] The type and only species, Glyptodontopelta mimus, is known from numerous specimens that consist of osteoderms, a dentary, supraorbital and bone fragments.[2] It was named in 2000 by Tracy Ford.[1] Edmontonia australis is a junior synonym of Glyptodontopelta.[3]

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