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Antarctopelta oliveroi

Time
72.2–83.6 million years ago
Period
Unknown
Known sites
1
Antarctopelta recovered remains
Levi B. Martinez-RezaCC-BY-SA-3.0File:Antarctopelta_recovered_remains.jpg

Summary

Antarctopelta is a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur, a group of large, quadrupedal herbivores, that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period on what is now James Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctopelta is the only known ankylosaur from Antarctica and a member of Parankylosauria. The only described specimen was found in 1986, the first dinosaur to be found on the continent, by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Robert Scasso. The fossils were later described in 2006 by paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Zulma Gasparini, who named the type species A. oliveroi after Olivero.

Source: Wikipedia - Antarctopelta

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