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Silhouette of Jinyunpelta

Jinyunpelta

Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng et al. 2018

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Jinyunpelta sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Jinyunpelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Jinyunpelta's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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predator–prey
Tyrannotitan
Tyrannotitan chubutensis
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predator–prey
Suchomimus
Suchomimus tenerensis
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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
Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
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same–clade
Tatankacephalus
Tatankacephalus cooneyorum
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