Outline: a typical ankylosaur
Sauroplites
"lizard hoplite"
Type species Sauroplites scutiger
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Bohlin 1953
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
115 million years ago
Field notes
About Sauroplites
What it was like
Sauroplites was an armored plant eater known from armor plates, ribs and part of the hips. It is hard to classify, and many scientists treat it as doubtful.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now China.
How it was found
Bohlin named Sauroplites in 1953. The type species is Sauroplites scutiger.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: B. Bohlin. 1953. VI. Vertebrate Palaeontology 6. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-western Provinces of China under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication 37:1-113