Cedarpelta

Pronunciation:
see-dar-pel-tuh
Name meaning:
'Cedar [Mountain Formation] shield'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
10.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 142-127 million years ago
Found in:
USA

A skull and partial skeleton of this dinosaur have been found.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:
Carpenter, Kirkland, Burge and Bird (2001)
Type species:
bilbeyhallorum

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