Outline: a typical ankylosaur
Glyptodontopelta
"Glyptodon shield"
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Ford 2000
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
75 million years ago
Field notes
About Glyptodontopelta
What it was like
Glyptodontopelta was a nodosaur, an armored plant eater. It is known only from pieces of its armor, which formed a solid shield over its hips, with bony plates marked by grooves and pits.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now New Mexico, in the United States. Its armor comes from the Ojo Alamo Formation, where it shared the land with the giant long-necked Alamosaurus and the small raptor Dineobellator.
How it was found
Ford named Glyptodontopelta in 2000. Its name comes from its armor, which looks like that of a giant armadillo-like mammal from much later times. Eleven finds are known.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: T. L. Ford. 2000. A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:157-176