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Peloroplites is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur that lived throughout what is now the south western United States during the Cenomanian to Turonian stages of the late cretaceous period approximately 98 to 92 million years ago. The first known remains of peloroplites consisting of a partial skull was found by Paleontologists Burge and Bird in 2001 in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Emery County, Utah. However it wouldn’t be formally named or described until 2008 when Kenneth Carpenter, Jeff Bartlett, John Bird, and Reese Barrick lead a dig back to the original site and excavated more of the skeleton as well as some additional partial specimens. Which combined give a greater understanding of the animal. The holotype and assigned specimens are currently housed at the College of Eastern Utah, Prehistoric Museum, Utah. The name Peloroplites, is derived from the Greek words "peloros" (monstrous, gigantic) and "hoplites" (heavily armed). The specific name, cedrimontanus, is derived from the Latin words "cedrus" (Cedar) and "mont-" (mountain), in reference to the Cedar Mountain Formation of which the fossils were discovered. Since then several other partial specimens have been recovered. And it has been suggested that some of the large nodosaurid material from the area variously assigned to sauropelta and Hoplitosaurus may actually belong to Peloroplites. If the material does belong to Peloroplites, then it would extend the stratigraphic and temporal range of pelorplites considerably. Reaching upwards of 20ft (5m) in length and 4,410lbs (2,000kgs) in weight, peloroplites is one of the largest known nodosaurids, and came from a time when ankylosaurids and nodosaurids were attaining large sizes. It sported a wide but squat body, and large sturdy legs. Although Peloroplites, lacked a tail club, numerous large spikes studded its shoulders and ran down its sides and tail. The snout of peloroplites tapers towards the front and is not as broad as in ankylosaurs, whilst further back there were rows of small teeth, the front of the jaws were toothless and would have been covered by a down turned beak.

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Name: Peloroplites cedrimontanus

Name Meaning: Monster Armoured Soldier

First Described: 2008

Described By: Carpenter et al.

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Eurypoda, Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae

Peloroplites is a Nodosaurid from the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, living about 104.46 to 98.37, from the Early to Late Cretaceous, in the Albian to Cenomanian ages. It was about 5 to 5.5 meters long and similar in size to an animal it shared it’s environment with, Sauropelta. It is a very large Nodosaurid and is known from an extensive amount of the skeleton, with most of the body represented. It also lived alongside Cedarpelta and an Iguanodont, and was preserved in mudstone.

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