Jurassic
Mymoorapelta
Mymoorapelta maysi
The catalogue presents Mymoorapelta as a herbivore member of Nodosauridae that lived during the Jurassic, between 155.0–150.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 3.0 m in length and 400 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Mymoorapelta, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Kirkland and Carpenter (1994).
The PBDB places it in Ankylosauria, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Nodosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Nodosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Kimmeridgian to the Tithonian.
The PBDB catalogues 2 occurrences, with material from the Morrison Formation (2). Provenance: United States.
The catalogue records the holotype as DMNH 2973 and the type locality as “Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA”.
- DMNH 2973
- Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA
The catalogue's reference measurements are 3.0 m in length and 400 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 3.0 m
- 400 kg
The record gathers 21 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Weight
- 400 kg
- Period
- Jurassic
- Time range
- 155.0–150.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1994
- Described by
- Kirkland & Carpenter
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Nodosauridae
- Genus
- Mymoorapelta
- Species
- M. maysi
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- DMNH 2973
- Type locality
- Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA