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Dinosaur: Glyptodontopelta mimus
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ford
Year: 2000
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: New Mexico
Formation: Ojo Alamo
Locations
Sources
Material: Osteoderms. Referred many other osteoderms and fragments.
References: Arbour, V.M. & Currie, P.J. (2015) Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.
