What is Europelta?
'''''Europelta''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[nodosaurid]] [[dinosaur]] known from the [[Early Cretaceous]] (early [[Albian]] stage) of northeastern [[Spain]]. It contains a single [[species]], '''''Europelta carbonensis'''''. It is the most complete [[ankylosaur]] known from [[Europe]].<ref name=Europelta>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kirkland | first1 = J. I. | last2 = Alcalá | first2 = L. | last3 = Loewen | first3 = M. A. | last4 = Espílez | first4 = E. | last5 = Mampel | first5 = L. | last6 = Wiersma | first6 = J. P. | editor1-last = Butler | editor1-first = Richard J | title = The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur ''Europelta carbonensis'' n. gen., n. sp. From the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0080405 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 12 | pages = e80405 | year = 2013 | pmid = 24312471| pmc = 3847141| doi-access = free }}</ref> [[File:Europelta skull restoration.png|thumb|left|Restoration of the skull]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Dinosaurs]]