Sauropelta, an early nodosaurid ankylosaur

Sauropelta, an early nodosaurid ankylosaur. A nodosaurid and early relative of the much later Ankylosaurus. Sauropelta lived in Utah in the early Cretaceous about 108 million years ago and was about 16-17 feet long and a plant eater. They had the spikes and body armor typical of nodosaurids

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