Mymoorapelta
Mymoorapelta (Meaning "Shield from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry" after a combination of the names of the discoverers of the Mygatt-Moore Quarry that fossils were originally collected from, and the Greek word πέλτα, meaning "shield") is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian, around 155 to 150 million years ago) Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) of western Colorado and central Utah, USA. The animal is known from a single species, Mymoorapelta maysi, and few specimens are known. The most complete specimen is the holotype individual from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry,
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- start time
- 155000000-
- end time
- 150000000-
- taxon author citation
- Kirkland & Carpenter, 1994
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Mymoorapelta é um anquilossauro do Jurássico do Colorado ocidental.Até agora, só uma espécie única foi denominada para esta taxonomia, M. maysi. Junto com Gargoyleosaurus pankinorum, O Mymoorapelta é um dos primeiros anquilossauros conhecidos, fornecendo uma olhada à primeira evolução e a diversificação deste grupo de dinossauros.
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