Named By: | K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, D. Birge & J. Bird in 2001 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 116-109 Ma |
Location: | USA, Utah - Cedar Mountain Formation, Mussentuchit Member |
Size: | Unknown due to lack of remains, but skull is roughly estimated to have been about 60 centimetres long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Two partial skulls, one disarticulated. Possible post cranial remains as well |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauria | Ankylosauridae | |
Cedarpelta is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur, based on material recovered from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. The skull lacks extensive cranial ornamentation, a trait which has been interpreted as plesiomorphic for ankylosaurs.