Genus
Valid Extinct

Crichtonpelta

Arbour and Currie 2016

Crichtonpelta is a genus of extinct herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Crichtonpelta
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Simple drawing of Ankylosaurus magniventris, a North American Cretaceous ankylosaurid. Based on skeletal reconstruction in Paul 2010. © Emily Willoughby (e.deinonychus@gmail.com, http://emilywilloughby.com) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Ankylosauridae Family
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Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
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Crichtonpelta Genus
Measurements
Length
4,1 m ⓘ
Crichtonpelta benxiensis
Mass
600 kg ⓘ
Crichtonpelta benxiensis
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Sunjiawan
2
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Crichtonpelta benxiensis 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2016. Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(5):385-444 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. Yang, H. You, and L. Xie, H. Zhou. 2017. A new specimen of Crichtonpelta benxiensis (Dinosauria: Ankylosaurinae) from the mid-Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 91(3):781-790 DOI ↗
J. Lü, Q. Ji, and Y. Gao, Z. Li. 2007. A new species of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Crichtonsaurus (Ankylosauridae: Ankylosauria) from the Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):883-897