Jinyunpelta

Jinyun shield

• Jinyun · Chinese (place name) · Jinyun County, Zhejiang, China
• pelta · Greek · small shield

Jinyunpelta is named after Jinyun County in Zhejiang Province, China, where the fossil was found. The second part comes from the Greek word for a small shield, a common ending for armoured ankylosaurs. The name refers to the armoured "shield" body of this dinosaur. The type species is Jinyunpelta sinensis.

Named by

Zheng et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Liangtoutang Formation, Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, China

An ankylosaurian (armoured) dinosaur, regarded as a fairly basal member of the group (Ankylosauridae).