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Sauropelta (/ˌsɔːroʊˈpɛltə/ SOR-oh-PEL-tə;
meaning 'lizard shield') is a
genus of
nodosaurid dinosaur that
existed in the
Early Cretaceous Period of North...
- the
Cedar Mountain Formation that has been
questionably identified as
Sauropelta may
actually belong to Peloroplites. If the
material does
belong to Peloroplites...
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living here
included Deinonychus and Microvenator.
Herbivores included Sauropelta and Tenontosaurus.
Around this time
flowering plants would make their...
- †Ahshislepelta? †Borealopelta †Niobrarasaurus †Nodosaurus †Peloroplites? †
Sauropelta †Silvisaurus †Taohelong? †Tatankacephalus †Panoplosaurini?
Madzia et al...
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Sauropelta edwardsi...
- then
revived in 1986 by Paul Sereno, who used it to
unite Panoplosaurus,
Sauropelta,
Silvisaurus and
Struthiosaurus within Nodosauridae,
excluding Hylaeosaurus...
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remains are only
rarely found ****ociated with
other potential prey, like
Sauropelta. In all, 20% of
Tenontosaurus fossils are
found in
close proximity to...
- Cretaceous.
Ankylosaurs from the
Early Cretaceous of
North America include Sauropelta and Gastonia.
Therizinosaurs such as
Falcarius are also
known from the...
- ('shield') is
commonly used to name
genera of
ankylosaurs (Cedarpelta and
Sauropelta, for example). The
single known species, A. oliveroi, is
named after Eduardo...
- has not been
deformed by compression,
allowing to
distinguish it from
Sauropelta edwardsorum,
another akylosaurian found in the same formation. The head...
