Bissektipelta

Say it like this: “bish-ehk-tee-pel-tuh”

Bissektipelta archibaldi

Bissektipelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Named in: 2004 · Parish, J. C.; Barrett, P. M.
Hip height: 0.8 m · 3 ft
Length: 3.1 m · 10 ft
Weight: 350 kg · 772 lb
Found in: Uzbekistan · Bissekty
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
Family branch: Ankylosaurinae

The story in short

The genus Bissektipelta dates to 2004, the year J. C. Parish and P. M. Barrett described it. The name means “bissekty shield.”

Fossils referred to Bissektipelta date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Bissektipelta at a length near 3.1 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 350 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Ankylosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Akainacephalus

Akainacephalus johnsoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus magniventris

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Anodontosaurus

Anodontosaurus lambei

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago