Dongyangopelta

Dongyang shield

• Dongyang · Chinese (place name) · Dongyang, a city in Zhejiang Province, China, near where the fossils were found
• o · Greek/Latin · connecting vowel
• pelta · Greek · small shield

The name combines Dongyang, the city in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, near where the fossils were found, with the Greek "pelta", meaning a small shield. The "shield" part refers to the bony armour of ankylosaurs, which covered the animal's body.

Named by

Chen et al.

Year named

2013

Found in

Chaochuan Formation, Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China

An armoured ankylosaurian dinosaur. The type species is Dongyangopelta janjucis. It is known from fragmentary remains. I am not certain of the exact age, so I have left the geologic period and stages blank.