Ahshislepelta

 Ahshislepelta is a genus of herbivorousankylosaurine ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian stage) deposits of San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA.

Ahshislepelta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Family:	†Ankylosauridae
Genus:	†Ahshislepelta Burns & Sullivan, 2011
Species:	†A. minor
Binomial name
†Ahshislepelta minor Burns & Sullivan, 2011

Discovery and naming

Ahshislepelta is known from the holotypeSMP VP-1930, a closely associated and incomplete postcranial skeleton of an adult individual consisting of the shoulder girdle, a partial left forelimb, vertebrae and osteoderms. It was discovered in 2005 and collected between 2005 and 2009 from the Hunter Wash Member from the Kirtland Formation at the Ahshislepah Wash locality. Ahshislepelta was first named by Michael E. Burns and Robert M. Sullivan in 2011 and the type species is Ahshislepelta minor. The generic name comes from the Ahshislepah Wash locality, where the fossils were found, and pelta, "shield" in Greek. The specific nameis derived from minor, "small" in Latin, in reference to its smaller adult size relative to other ankylosaurids from North America. Humerus length is about thirty-one centimetres.

Classification

Ahshislepelta was assigned to the Ankylosauridae and more precisely to the Ankylosaurinae.

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