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armored dinosaur
Ahshislepelta
Say it like this: “Ah-shi-sle-pel-ta”
Ahshislepelta minor
Ahshislepelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Burns, M. E.; Sullivan, R. M.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4.8 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Kirtland
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauria
The story in short
The genus Ahshislepelta dates to 2011, the year M. E. Burns and R. M. Sullivan described it. The name means “ah-shi-sle-pah Wash shield.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Kirtland Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Ahshislepelta at a length near 4.8 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosauria, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis horrida
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Crichtonsaurus
Crichtonsaurus bohlini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Cryptosaurus
Cryptosaurus eumerus
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · roughly 161.5 to 154.8 million years ago