Genus
Valid Extinct

Platypelta

Penkalski 2018

Platypelta is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. The type species is Platypelta coombsi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Platypelta
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Wikimedia
Platypelta
Platypelta
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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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Ankylosauridae Family
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Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
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Euoplocephalini Tribe
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Platypelta Genus
Measurements
Length
6,1 m ⓘ
Platypelta coombsi
Mass
2 600 kg ⓘ
Platypelta coombsi
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
7
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
6
Oldman
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
Species (1)
Platypelta coombsi 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
P. Penkalski. 2018. Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 287(3):261-306 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Penkalski. 2018. Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 287(3):261-306 DOI ↗