Europelta

Europelta carbonensis

Europelta — reconstrução científica

Europelta foi um anquilossauro herbívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por Kirkland et al.. Viveu há aproximadamente 113.0-100.5 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é Europa. Medindo de 5.0 m, pesando 1.5-2.0 tons, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Europelta (meaning "Europe's shield") is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from Spain that lived during the Early Cretaceous (early Albian stage, ~113.0 Ma) in what is now the lower Escucha Formation of the Teruel Province. The type and only species, Europelta carbonensis, is known from two associated partial skeletons, and represents the most complete ankylosaur known from Europe. Europelta was named in 2013 by James I. Kirkland and colleagues. Europelta has an estimated length of 5 metres (16 feet) and weight of 1.3 tonnes (2,866 lbs), making it the largest member of the clade Struthiosaurini.

Família
Nodosauridae
Ordem
Ornithischia
Período
Cretaceous (113.0-100.5 MYA)
Dieta
Herbivore
Comprimento
5.0 m
Peso
1.5-2.0 tons

Fatos científicos

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