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Antarctopelta
Say it like this: “ann-TARK-toh-PEL-tuh”
Antarctopelta oliveroi
Antarctopelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Antarctica.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Salgado, L.; Gasparini, Z.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- 350 kg · 772 lb
- Found in
- Antarctica · Snow Hill Island
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Parankylosauria
The story in short
Antarctopelta was formally named in 2006 by L. Salgado and Z. Gasparini. The name means “antarctic shield.”
Fossils referred to Antarctopelta date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Antarctica, including the Snow Hill Island Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Antarctopelta at a length near 4 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 350 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Parankylosauria, among the armored dinosaurs.