In Depth
Named only from armoured plates, Glyptodontopelta is a genus of nodosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. The name Glyptodontopelta means ‘Glyptodon shield’, a reference to its similarity to the armour of the genus Glyptodon, a large ground dwelling xenarthran mammal that lived much later in South America during the Pleistocene.
Further Reading
- A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. Dinosaurs of New Mexico. - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:157-176. - T. L. Ford - 2000. – Taxonomic utility of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: a test case. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1102–1109. – Michael E. Burns – 2008. – Taxonomic Composition of the Alamo Wash Local Fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico, by S.E. Jasinski, R.M. Sullivan & S.G. Lucas. – In, Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 53: 216-271. – R.M. Sullivan et al (eds.).
