Glyptodontopelta

glyptodont shield

• glypto- · Greek · carved
• odont- · Greek · tooth
• pelta · Greek · shield

The name combines "glyptodont" with the Greek word for shield. It refers to the resemblance of its bony armour plates (osteoderms) to the armour of glyptodonts, giant armadillo-like Ice Age mammals whose own name means "carved tooth". The type species is G. mimus, "mimus" meaning "mimic", which also alludes to this resemblance.

Named by

Ford

Year named

2000

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA

An armoured nodosaurid ankylosaur known from fragmentary material, mainly osteoderms. Its validity is sometimes questioned because the material is scanty, and some researchers have doubted whether it can be distinguished from other nodosaurids.