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ZIAPELTA
(ze-ah-pel-tah)
meaning: "Zia shield"
Ziapelta
Named By: V. M. Arbour, M. E. Burns, R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, A. K. Cantrell, J. Fry & T. L. Suazo in 2014
Time Period: Campanian, 74.5-72.6 Ma
Location: USA, New Mexico - Kirtland Formation [De-na-zin Member ]
Size: Skull 44 centimetres long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and osteoderms
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauria | Ankylosauridae |
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Ziapelta sanjuanensis is an extinct species of ankylosaurid from Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) formations in New Mexico.

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