Genus
Valid Extinct

Stegopelta

Williston 1905

Stegopelta is a genus of struthiosaurin nodosaurid dinosaur based on a partial skeleton from the Cretaceous Belle Fourche Member of the Frontier Formation of Fremont County, Wyoming, USA.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Stegopelta
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Stegopelta pelvic armor. © Moodie, R. L. · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Nodosauridae Family
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Stegopelta Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Frontier
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Stegopelta landerensis 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. W. Williston. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22(564):503 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. L. Moodie. 1910. An armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. The Kansas University Science Bulletin 5(14):257-273