Platypelta
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Platypelta is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation (early Late Campanian stage, about 77.5-76.5 Ma ago) of southern Alberta, Canada. The type species is Platypelta coombsi.
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Platypelta | |
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Skull of holotype specimen AMNH 5337 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Ankylosaurini |
Genus: | †Platypelta Penkalski, 2018 |
Type species | |
†Platypelta coombsi Penkalski, 2018 |
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