Antarctopelta Salgado and Gasparini 2006 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: L. Salgado and Z. Gasparini. 2006. Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica). Geodiversitas 28(1):119-135

Parent taxon: Parankylosauria according to S. Soto-Acuña et al. 2024

See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Maidment et al. 2020, Otero and Reguero 2013 and Salgado and Gasparini 2006

Sister taxon: Stegouros

Subtaxa: Antarctopelta oliveroi

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Type: Antarctopelta oliveroi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at DG6-1, Santa Marta Cove (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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