Dinosaur
Antarctopelta
Armored dinosaurs lived in Antarctica, and Antarctopelta is one of our best clues.
Armored dinosaurs lived in Antarctica, and Antarctopelta is one of our best clues. Bony plates embedded in its skin protected its body. It walked on four legs and ate plants, but its armor was not necessarily identical to that of the Northern Hemisphere’s more famous ankylosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Antarctopelta at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Parankylosauria
- Parankylosaurs
- Fossil locations
- James Ross Island
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Antarctopelta
The remains were found on James Ross Island, Antarctica. The skeleton is incomplete, but enough survives to identify a distinct armored dinosaur and compare it with South American relatives.
Antarctica was not always the frozen continent we know. Its fossils record ancient land ecosystems. Antarctopelta, a relative of Stegouros, also helps researchers study a branch of armored dinosaurs characteristic of the southern continents.
Antarctica was not always the frozen continent we know. Its fossils record ancient land ecosystems. Antarctopelta, a relative of Stegouros, also helps researchers study a branch of armored dinosaurs characteristic of the southern continents.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The remains were found on James Ross Island, Antarctica. The skeleton is incomplete, but enough survives to identify a distinct armored dinosaur and compare it with South American relatives.
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