Dracopelta information

Dracopelta; Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Clade:	†Ankylosauria
Family:	†incertae sedis
Genus:	†Dracopelta
Species:	†D. zbyszewskii
Binomial name
	†Dracopelta zbyszewskii; Galton, 1980

Dracopelta (meaning “dragon shield”) is a monospecific genus of ankylosaur dinosaur from Portugal that lived during the Late Jurassic (uppermost lower Tithonian-upper Tithonian, 152.1-145.0 Ma) in what is now the Lourinhã Formation. The type and only species is Dracopelta zbyszewskii, which is represented by a partial skeleton including unpublished material.^[1]^[2]

^ Russo, J.; Mateus, O. (2021). "History of the discovery of the ankylosaur Dracopelta zbyszewskii (Upper Jurassic), with new data about the type specimen and its locality". Comunicações Geológicas. 108 (1): 27–34. doi:10.34637/dmdm-5w12.
^ M. Galton, Peter (1980). "Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. And N. SP., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Geobios. 13 (3): 451–457. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80081-7.

[Russo2021-1] Russo, J.; Mateus, O. (2021). "History of the discovery of the ankylosaur Dracopelta zbyszewskii (Upper Jurassic), with new data about the type specimen and its locality". Comunicações Geológicas. 108 (1): 27–34. doi:10.34637/dmdm-5w12.

[Galton1980-2] M. Galton, Peter (1980). "Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. And N. SP., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Geobios. 13 (3): 451–457. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80081-7.

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