Every month, 100,000 readers use the Dinosaur Database, but we receive no support from you. Developing and updating the database requires a lot of work. Therefore, as of September 1, 2025, the database will be closed. If you want it to remain open and be updated, please support us via the "Buy us a coffee" button available on every page or via the Support page.
Dinosaur: Europelta carbonensis
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Albian
Years: 113–100.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kirkland et al.
Year: 2013
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Spain
Region: Aragon
Formation: Escucha
Locations
Sources
Material: Two partial skeletons with skulls.
References: Kirkland J.I., Alcalá L., Loewen M.A, Espílez E., Mampel L., Wiersma J.L. (2013). The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain.
