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Zaraapelta Zaraapelta nomadis Arbour et al. 2014
/zˌæɹɑːpˈɛltə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 100.5–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Baynshire
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Zaraapelta nomadis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Arbour et al. 2014. 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 Zaraapelta nomadis sits in deep time
Zaraapelta
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Zaraapelta nomadis'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.