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Patagopelta
Patagopelta cristata Riguetti et al. 2022
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Patagopelta cristata is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Riguetti et al. 2022. 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 Patagopelta sits in deep time
Patagopelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Patagopelta's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.