Borealopelta Borealopelta markmitchelli Brown et al. 2017
/bˌɔːɹiːlˈoʊpltə/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 121.4–113.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formation
Clearwater
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Borealopelta markmitchelli is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–113.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by Brown et al. 2017. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Borealopelta markmitchelli sits in deep time
Borealopelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Borealopelta markmitchelli's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.