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 | |
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.