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Glyptodontopelta Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford 2000
/ɡlˌɪptədɔntˈoʊpltə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formations
Ojo Alamo · Kirtland
Dig sites
11
distinct collections
Overview
Glyptodontopelta mimus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Ford 2000. The species is represented by 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~36%
well attested
Based on 11 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Glyptodontopelta mimus sits in deep time
Glyptodontopelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Glyptodontopelta mimus'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.