What is Borealopelta?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Lower Cretaceous]] <br/>112{{ndash}}106 mya | image = Nodosaur.jpg | image_upright = 1.15 | image_caption = The [[holotype]] specimen on display at the [[Royal Tyrell Museum]] | genus = Borealopelta | parent_authority = Brown ''et al.'', [[2017 in paleontology|2017]] | species = markmitchelli | authority = Brown ''et al.'', 2017 }} '''''Borealopelta''''' was a large armoured [[dinosaur]]. It was found in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] and is a [[nodosaur]]id [[ankylosaur]]. The [[osteoderm]]s in its armour were in their life positions, with remains of their [[keratin]] sheaths and overlying skin. It may be the most complete ankylosaur ever found. [[Melanin]] found in its [[epidermis]] remains suggests it was [[camouflage]]d.<ref>Gabbott, Sarah 2017. Armoured tank-like dinosaur used camouflage to hide. ''BBC'' Science & Environment. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40815935]</ref><ref>Brown, Caleb M. ''et al'' 2017. An exceptionally preserved three-dimensional armored dinosaur reveals insights into coloration and Cretaceous predator-prey dynamics. ''Current Biology'' 3 August 2017. [http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30808-4]</ref> The report gives its estimated length as 5.5 metres and its estimated weight as about ~1,300 pbs.<ref>The discovery and work on ''Borealopelta''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Jb64fwnjI]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Cretaceous dinosaurs]] [[Category:Ankylosauria]]