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Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum Ostrom 1970
Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 121.4–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Sauropelta edwardsorum is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Ostrom 1970. The species is represented by 22 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~59%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 22 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Sauropelta sits in deep time
Sauropelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Sauropelta's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.