Zaraapelta
zah-RAH-pel-tah /zɑˌrɑːˈpɛltɑ/
Accepted genus
hedgehog shield
- zaraa · Mongolian · hedgehog
- pelta · Greek · small shield
The name combines the Mongolian word for hedgehog with the Greek word for a small shield. It refers to the many spikes and bony ornaments on the skull roof of this armoured dinosaur. The type species is Zaraapelta nomadis.
- Named by
- Arbour, Currie and Badamgarav
- Year named
- 2014
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Barun Goyot Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia
A valid genus of ankylosaurid (armoured) dinosaur known from a skull and partial skeleton.