Dinosaur
Sauropelta
Its tail made up about half its total body length.
In Sauropelta, approximately half the length was the tail.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Sauropelta at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ankylosauria
- Ankylosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Montana, Wyoming
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Sauropelta
It is one of the nodosaurids whose anatomy is best known. The remains indicate a medium-sized animal, approximately five to six meters long.
That ratio helps interpret size comparisons: a long animal does not necessarily have an equally long trunk. Its remains allow us to study the construction of a nodosaurid well.
Ankylosaurs developed bony armor in their skin. Some lineages had a tail club and others did not; a club should not be added to every armored dinosaur.
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
That ratio helps interpret size comparisons: a long animal does not necessarily have an equally long trunk. Its remains allow us to study the construction of a nodosaurid well.
Sources & text credits
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- Sauropelta edwardsorum
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- Sauropelta
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- Ankylosauria
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- Living birds
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