Europelta

European shield

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Europelta combines "Europe" with the Greek "pelta", a small shield. The name means "European shield" and refers to the armoured body of this ankylosaur and to the fact that it was found in Europe. It was described from Spanish fossils and is one of the better-known armoured dinosaurs from the European Early Cretaceous.

Named by

Kirkland et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Albian

Found in

Escucha Formation, Teruel Province, Spain

A nodosaurid ankylosaur. The type species is Europelta carbonensis. It is one of the oldest known nodosaurids from Europe.