- Glyptodontopelta
Taxobox|
name = "Glyptodontopelta"
status = fossil
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosauria
ordo =Ornithischia
subordo =Thyreophora
infraordo =Ankylosauria
familia =
genus = "Glyptodontopelta"
binomial = "Glyptodontopelta mimus"
binomial_authority = Ford, 2000"Glyptodontopelta" (meaning "glyptodont shield") is a
genus ofdinosaur from the LateCretaceous . It was anankylosaur , an armored dinosaur. Fossils of "Glyptodontopelta" were found in theU.S. state ofNew Mexico .The type species, "Glyptodontopelta mimus", was described by Ford in 2000. It is a
nomen dubium , based on the animal's armor only.References
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ankylosauridae.htm
* [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:075b1YAzx7MJ:dinosauricon.com/genera/glyptodontopelta.html+Glyptodontopelta&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 Glyptodontopelta at the Dinosauricon]
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