Aletopelta Ford and Kirkland 2001 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: T. L. Ford and J. I. Kirkland. 2001. Carlsbad ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): an ankylosaurid and not a nodosaurid. The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 239-260

Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Carpenter 2001, Ford and Kirkland 2001, Rivera-Sylva et al. 2011 and Vickaryous et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Ahshislepelta, Ankylosaurinae, Bissektipelta, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Liaoningosaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae

Subtaxa: Aletopelta coombsi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Carlsbad Ankylosaur (SDNHM Loc. 3392) (Cretaceous of California)

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