Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Sauropelta

- Pronunciation: SAWR-oh-PEL-tah
- Translation: Lizard Shield
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Thyreophora
- Infraorder: Ankylosauria
- Family: Nodosauridae
- Height: 8 feet (2.4 meters)
- Weight: 6,000 pounds (2,720 kg)
- Length: 24 feet (7.3 meters)
- Period: Early Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
- Notes: Sauropelta was one of the earliest known nodosaurs fromNorth America. It is the one of the most numerous members of thenodosaur family of ankylosaurs, many specimens having been recovered.