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Cedarpelta Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum Carpenter et al. 2001

/sˌɛdɑːɹpˈɛltə/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Utah
Formation
Cedar Mountain
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Utah, United States. It was named by Carpenter et al. 2001. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Cedarpelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum'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.

coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
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coexisted–with
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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coexisted–with
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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coexisted–with
Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
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same–clade
Peloroplites
Peloroplites cedrimontanus
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same–clade
Gastonia
Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae
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same–clade
Animantarx
Animantarx ramaljonesi
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