Borealopelta markmitchelli Brown et al. 2017 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: C. M. Brown, D. M. Henderson, and J. Vinther, I. F., A. Sistiaga, J. Herrera, and R. E. Summons. 2017. An exceptionally preserved three-dimensional armored dinosaur reveals insights into coloration and Cretaceous predator-prey dynamics. Current Biology 27:2514-2521

Belongs to Borealopelta according to C. M. Brown et al. 2017

See also Brown et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2011.033.0001, a skeleton (an articulated specimen preserving the head, neck, most of the trunk and sacrum, a complete right and a partial left forelimb and manus, partial pes). Its type locality is Suncor Millennium Mine, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Clearwater Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Suncor Millennium Mine

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