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Cedarpelta

Cedarpelta

Pronunciation:: see-dar-pel-tuh
Name meaning:: 'Cedar [Mountain Formation] shield'

Cedarpelta

© Andrey Atuchin

armoured dinosaur silhouette

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, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Ankylosauromorpha, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:: Carpenter, Kirkland, Burge and Bird (2001)
Type species:: bilbeyhallorum

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