Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Ankylosauria›Ankylosauridae
Silhouette of Jinyunpelta sinensis

Jinyunpelta Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng et al. 2018

/dʒˌɪnjuːnpˈɛltə/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

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

Where It Was Found

Country
China
Region
Zhejiang
Formation
Liangtoutang
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in China. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Jinyunpelta sinensis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Zhejiang, China. It was named by Zheng et al. 2018. 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 Jinyunpelta sinensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Jinyunpelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Jinyunpelta sinensis'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
Tatankacephalus
Tatankacephalus cooneyorum
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same–clade
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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same–clade
Dongyangopelta
Dongyangopelta yangyanensis
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