Cedarpelta

Say it like this: “SEE-dar-PEL-tuh”

Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum

Cedarpelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Named in: 2001 · Carpenter, K.; Kirkland, J. I.; Burge, D. L.; Bird, J.
Hip height: 1.6 m · 5 ft
Length: 10 m · 33 ft
Weight: 5 tonnes
Found in: the United States · Cedar Mountain
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
Family branch: Ankylosauridae

The story in short

In 2001, K. Carpenter and colleagues published the name Cedarpelta. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Cedarpelta at a length near 10 m, hips about 1.6 m high, and a body mass around 5 tonnes.

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

Close relatives

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