Ahshislepelta

Ah-shi-sle-pah shield

• Ah-shi-sle-pah · Navajo (place name) · name of the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash area in New Mexico where the fossil was found
• pelta · Greek · small shield

The name combines the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash, a Navajo-named locality in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico where the fossil was found, with the Greek "pelta", meaning shield. The "shield" part refers to the armor plates (osteoderms) typical of ankylosaurs. The only named species is Ahshislepelta minor.

Named by

Burns and Sullivan

Year named

2011

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA

An armored ankylosaurid dinosaur known from fragmentary remains. Exact formation and some details are given with moderate confidence.