Peloroplites cedrimontanus
By José Carlos Cortés on @ryuukibart
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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.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloroplites
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