In Depth
The Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah is well known for the large number of armoured dinosaur genera known to have lived in what would become Utah back in the early Cretaceous. Peloroplites however stands out from other genera however because the ulna (one of lower fore leg bones) was quite long and straight and the astralgus (ankle bone) was not fused to the shin. The hip bones of Peloroplites are also interesting in that they flare out to 55� whereas most other
Further Reading
- Ankylosaurs from the Price River Quarries, Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), east-central Utah, Kenneth Carpenter, Jeff Bartlett, John Bird & Reese Barrick - 2008.