Dracopelta Galton 1980 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1980. Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. and n. sp., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Géobios 13(3):451-457

Parent taxon: Ankylosauria according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004

See also Carpenter 2001, Carroll 1988, Ford 2000, Galton 1980, Galton 1991, Galton 2019, Mateus and Milàn 2010 and Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Acanthopholis, Acanthopholis eucercus, Acanthopholis macrocercus, Ankylosauridae, Brachypodosaurus, Crichtonsaurus, Cryptodraco, Cryptosaurus, Heishansaurus, Hierosaurus, Kunbarrasaurus, Metatetrapous, Nodosauridae, Nodosauroidea, Palaeoscincus, Palaeoscincus costatus, Parankylosauria, Polacanthidae, Polacanthoides, Priconodon, Priodontognathus, Qijiangpus, Rhadinosaurus, Rhodanosaurus, Sarcolestes, Sinankylosaurus, Spicomellus, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Tianchiasaurus, Vectipelta, Zhejiangosaurus

Subtaxa: Dracopelta zbyszewskii

View classification

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Praia do Sul, Assenta (Jurassic of Portugal)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.