AnkylosauriaAsiaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousEurypodaGenasauriaNodosauridaeOrnithischiaThyreophora

Sauroplites scutiger

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Dinosaur: Sauroplites scutiger

Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:5 m16.4 ft
ESR: 0.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian-Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Bohlin
Year: 1953

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Unnamed


Locations


Sources

Material: Ribs, ischium ?, osteoderms.
References: Arbour, V. M., & Currie, P. J. (2015). Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.

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