Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1980. Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. and n. sp., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Géobios 13(3):451-457
Parent taxon: Ankylosauria according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004
See also Carpenter 2001, Carroll 1988, Ford 2000, Galton 1980, Galton 1991, Galton 2019, Mateus and Milàn 2010 and Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Ankylosauridae, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptosaurus, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Kunbarrasaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauridae, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Parankylosauria, Polacanthidae, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Vectipelta, Zhejiangosaurus
Subtaxa: Dracopelta zbyszewskii
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Praia do Sul, Assenta (Jurassic of Portugal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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