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MYMOORAPELTA
(my-moor-ah-pel-tah)
meaning: "Mygatt-Moore shield"
Mymoorapelta
Named By: J. I. Kirkland & K. Carpenter in 1994
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 155-150 Ma
Location: USA, Colorado - Morrison Formation
Size: Roughly 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Disarticulated skull and post cranial remains of three individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauria | Nodosauridae | Polacanthinae |
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Mymoorapelta ("Shield of Mygatt-Moore") is an ankylosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) of western Colorado, USA. The taxon is known from portions of a disarticulated skull, parts of three different skeletons and other postcranial remains. It is present in stratigraphic zones 4 and 5 of the Morrison Formation.

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