Genus
Valid Extinct

Cedarpelta

Carpenter et al. 2001

Cedarpelta is an extinct genus of basal ankylosaurid dinosaur from Utah that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation. The type and only species, Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum, is known from multiple specimens including partial skulls and postcranial material. It was named in 2001 by Kenneth Carpenter, James Kirkland, Don Burge, and John Bird. Cedarpelta has an estimated length of 7 metres and weight of 5 tonnes (11,023 lbs). The skull of Cedarpelta lacks extensive cranial ornamentation and is one of the only known ankylosaurs with individual skull bones that are not completely fused together.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Cedarpelta
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
Eurypoda Unranked clade
Ankylosauria Unranked clade
Euankylosauria Unranked clade
Ankylosauridae Family
Cedarpelta Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, and D. L. Burge, J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated skull of a new primitive ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Bibliography (3)
K. Carpenter, J. Bartlett, and J. Bird, R. Barrick. 2008. Ankylosaurs from the Price River Quarries, Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), east-central Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1089-1101 DOI ↗
J. I. Kirkland and S. K. Madsen. 2007. The Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Eastern Utah: the view up an always interesting learning curve. Utah Geological Association Publication 35
K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, and D. L. Burge, J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated skull of a new primitive ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington