AnkylosauriaAnkylosauridaeAnkylosaurinaeAsiaDinosauriaEurypodaGenasauriaLate CretaceousOrnithischiaThyreophora

Zaraapelta nomadis

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Dinosaur: Zaraapelta nomadis

Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma
Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:6.3 m20.7 ft
Weight*:2.3 t5,071 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Earliest Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Arbour et al.
Year: 2014

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia
Region: Ömnögovi
Formation: Barun Goyot


Locations


Sources

Material: Partial skull.
References: Arbour, V. M., Currie, P. J., & Badamgarav, D. (2014). The ankylosaurid dinosaurs of the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot and Nemegt formations of Mongolia.

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