Published December 31, 2006 | Version v1
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Antarctopelta Salgado & Gasparini 2006, n. gen.

  • 1. Museo de Geología y Paleontología de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400 (8300) Neuquén (Argentina) lsalgado @ uncoma. edu. ar
  • 2. Departamento de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s / n, (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina) zgaspari @ museo. fcnym. unlp. edu. ar

Description

Genus Antarctopelta n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Antarctopelta oliveroi n. sp., the single known species of the genus.

ETYMOLOGY. — Antarctopelta, shield of Antarctica, antarcto, in reference to the Antarctica, and pelte (Greek), “shield”.

Notes

Published as part of Salgado, Leonardo & Gasparini, Zulma, 2006, Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica), pp. 119-135 in Geodiversitas 28 (1) on pages 119-135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5376156

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Biodiversity

Family
Nodosauridae
Genus
Antarctopelta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ornithischia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Salgado & Gasparini
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Antarctopelta Salgado & Gasparini, 2006