Dinosaur
Borealopelta
Borealopelta left us something extraordinary: remains of its last meal.
Borealopelta left us something extraordinary: remains of its last meal. It walked on four legs and wore armor made of plates, with large spines at the sides of its shoulders. Its low body was protected without a tail club, unlike some other armored dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Borealopelta at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Nodosauridae
- Nodosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Borealopelta
An extraordinary Alberta fossil preserves bones, skin, armor and part of its last meal. Ferns are abundant among the plant remains in its stomach, so its diet has direct evidence here.
The preservation even allows the outer coverings of the plates to be studied. A bare skeleton does not always reveal the animal’s full appearance: tissues and food remains can transform our understanding of its body and life.
The preservation even allows the outer coverings of the plates to be studied. A bare skeleton does not always reveal the animal’s full appearance: tissues and food remains can transform our understanding of its body and life.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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