Mymoorapelta
MY-moor-ah-PEL-tah /ˌmaɪmʊərəˈpɛltə/
Accepted genus
Mygatt-Moore shield
- Mymoora · English (place name, contracted) · from Mygatt-Moore Quarry, named for Pete Mygatt and Ramal Moore, who discovered the site
- pelta · Greek · small shield
The name combines a contraction of Mygatt-Moore Quarry, the Colorado site where the fossils were found, with the Greek "pelta", meaning shield. The shield part refers to the bony armour typical of ankylosaurs. The quarry itself is named after its discoverers, Pete Mygatt and Ramal Moore.
- Named by
- Kirkland and Carpenter
- Year named
- 1994
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Stages
- Kimmeridgian – Tithonian
- Found in
- Mygatt-Moore Quarry, Morrison Formation, near Fruita, Colorado, USA
An armoured ankylosaurian dinosaur (nodosaurid/ankylosaur). The type species is Mymoorapelta maysi, one of the earliest well-known ankylosaurs from North America.