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Crichtonpelta Crichtonpelta benxiensis (Lü et al. 2007)
/kɹˌɪtʃtənpˈɛltə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 106.3–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Liaoning
Formation
Sunjiawan
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Crichtonpelta benxiensis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 106.3–89.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Liaoning, China. It was named by (Lü et al. 2007). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Crichtonpelta benxiensis sits in deep time
Crichtonpelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Crichtonpelta benxiensis'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.