Omnisaura

Dinosaur genus

Glyptodontopelta

Ford 2000

Glyptodontopelta is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 83.6–66 million years old, in the United States.

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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026
83.6–66 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Ford 2000
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
T. L. Ford (2000). A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17: 157–176.
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Ford 2000).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Campanian to Maastrichtian, 83.6–66 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation83.6–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
mediummedium: Omnisaura's calculation from 11 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Fossils found in
United States
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (11 records).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Rock formations
Kirtland
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (4 records).
Ojo Alamo
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (7 records).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.

Family
Nodosauridae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Parent group
Nodosauridae
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Species named in its records
Glyptodontopelta mimus
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).

Diet
herbivore (inferred for its group)
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Ornithischia, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Way of life
ground dwelling, gregarious (inferred for its group)
lowlow: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Ornithischia; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
  • What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); diet (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

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Yes. Both are found, identified to species, in the same rocks of the same age: Kirtland.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Glyptodontopelta by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

GlyptodontopeltaSame rocks, same timeSame familySame naming authorAlso found in United StatesAlamosaurusParasaurolophusKritosaurusPentaceratopsand 15 moreAcantholipanAnimantarxAnoplosaurusBorealopeltaand 13 moreAletopeltaTriceratopsTyrannosaurusEdmontosaurusRichardoestesiaand 101 more

Named by Ford 1

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

Aletopelta

Found in United States 105

Other genera found in United States, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.

TriceratopsTyrannosaurusEdmontosaurusRichardoestesiaParonychodonThescelosaurusSaurornitholestesTroodonPachycephalosaurusAlamosaurusStegocerasOrnithomimusDromaeosaurusKritosaurusAgujaceratopsChirostenotesand 89 more

Credits

Where this page comes from

  • Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
  • WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
  • OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
  • PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
  • Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

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