Dracopelta
Dracopelta zbyszewskii
Dracopelta (meaning "dragon shield") is a monospecific genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic (uppermost lower Tithonian-upper Tithonian, 152.1-145.0 Ma) in what is now the Lourinhã Formation, Portugal. The type and only species is Dracopelta zbyszewskii, which is represented by a partial skeleton including unpublished material.
- Family
- Nodosauridae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Jurassic (150.8–145.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 100–200 kg
- Type locality
- Lourinhã Formation, Portugal
- Holotype
- MG 8831
- PBDB
- txn:38821