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Europelta carbonensis

Reptilia - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy
Europelta carbonensis was named by Kirkland et al. (2013). Its type specimen is AR-1/10, a partial skeleton (A disarticulated partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1), which is in an Albian mire/swamp coal/mudstone in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Europelta carbonensis Kirkland et al. p. 7 figs. 7-33
2014Europelta carbonensis Han et al. p. 11
2016Europelta carbonensis Borinder et al. pp. 65-66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
familyNodosauridae
subfamilyStruthiosaurinae
genusEuropelta
speciescarbonensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Europelta carbonensis Kirkland et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. I. Kirkland et al. 2013The quadrate is shorter and mediolaterally wider than in any other ankylosaur. The posterior margin of the skull is concave in dorsal view. The sacrum is arched dorsally about 55u in lateral view. The pubis is fully and uniquely fused to the ischium with a slot-shaped foramen between the post-pubic process and the position of the pubic peduncle forming an ischiopubis. The tibia is longer relative to the length of the femur (90%) than in other ankylosaurs for which these proportions are known. Laterally compresed, flanged osteoderm with a flat plate-like base is present anteriorly on the pelvic shield.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain (Aragón) Europelta carbonensis (type locality: 136754)