Look up · dinosaur 509 of 1,425
armored dinosaur
Glyptodontopelta
Say it like this: “GLIP-to-don-to-PEL-tuh”
Glyptodontopelta mimus
Glyptodontopelta ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2000 · Ford, T. L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Ojo Alamo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauria
The story in short
Glyptodontopelta was formally named in 2000 by T. L. Ford. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Ojo Alamo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Glyptodontopelta are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
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
Ahshislepelta
Ahshislepelta minor
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Crichtonsaurus
Crichtonsaurus bohlini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago