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Antarctopelta

© Berislav Krzic

Information

This dinosaur is the only known Antarctic ankylosaurian. Only fragmentary remains have been found, so some of the reconstruction is guesswork.

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Fact file

Pronounced

ant-arc-toe-pel-ta

Meaning of name

Antarctic shield

Length

  4m

Diet

herbivorous

When it lived

Late Cretaceous
(99 - 94 million years ago)

Found in

Antarctica

Taxonomic details