Borealopelta
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Borealopelta was a large armoured dinosaur. It was found in Alberta, Canada and is a nodosaurid ankylosaur.
| Borealopelta Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
112–106 mya | |
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| The holotype specimen on display at the Royal Tyrell Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Suborder: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Nodosauridae |
| Genus: | †Borealopelta Brown et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †B. markmitchelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Borealopelta markmitchelli Brown et al., 2017
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The osteoderms in its armour were in their life positions, with remains of their keratin sheaths and overlying skin. It may be the most complete ankylosaur ever found. Melanin found in its epidermis remains suggests it was camouflaged.[1][2]
The report gives its estimated length as 5.5 metres and its estimated weight as about ~1,300 pbs.[3]
References
change- ↑ Gabbott, Sarah 2017. Armoured tank-like dinosaur used camouflage to hide. BBC Science & Environment. [1]
- ↑ Brown, Caleb M. et al 2017. An exceptionally preserved three-dimensional armored dinosaur reveals insights into coloration and Cretaceous predator-prey dynamics. Current Biology 3 August 2017. [2]
- ↑ The discovery and work on Borealopelta. [3]