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armored dinosaur
Europelta
Say it like this: “YOO-ro-PEL-tuh”
Europelta carbonensis
Europelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2013 · Kirkland, J. I.; Alcalá, L.; Loewen, M. A.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Wiersma, J. P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 5 m · 16 ft
- Weight
- 1.3 tonnes
- Found in
- Spain · Escucha
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Nodosauridae
The story in short
Europelta was formally named in 2013 by J. I. Kirkland and colleagues.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Escucha Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Europelta at a length near 5 m and a body mass around 1.3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Nodosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acantholipan
Acantholipan gonzalezi
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Animantarx
Animantarx ramaljonesi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Anoplosaurus
Anoplosaurus curtonotus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago