Borealopelta

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin boreālis (northern, adj.) +‎ -o- +‎ pelta (a small shield, noun) [borrowed from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē)], coined in reference to the northern locality and the preserved epidermal scales and osteoderms.[1]

Proper noun

Borealopelta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the familyNodosauridae – currently contains only one species, a nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur without a club tail.

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References

  1. ^ Caleb M. Brown, et al (3 August 2017) “An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 16, →DOI