An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics
Current Biology (Cell Press)
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Original peer-reviewed description erecting Borealopelta markmitchelli and placing it within Dinosauria: Ornithischia: Thyreophora: Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae.
Öppna källa ↗An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings
PeerJ (via PubMed Central)
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Documents the single known locality and stratigraphic horizon of the holotype — the Wabiskaw Member of the Clearwater Formation at Suncor's Millennium Mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Öppna källa ↗An armored dinosaur's last supper
Brandon University (Research Connection)
Granskad: 2026-09-05
University research summary of the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction for Borealopelta, describing the fern-rich, conifer-bearing coastal lowland landscape it inhabited before the carcass drifted out to sea.
Öppna källa ↗Dietary palaeoecology of an Early Cretaceous armoured dinosaur (Ornithischia; Nodosauridae) based on floral analysis of stomach contents
Royal Society Open Science
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Peer-reviewed analysis of the preserved cololite (stomach contents) demonstrating that Borealopelta was a selective herbivore feeding chiefly on leptosporangiate ferns.
Öppna källa ↗Dietary palaeoecology of an Early Cretaceous armoured dinosaur (Ornithischia; Nodosauridae) based on floral analysis of stomach contents
Royal Society Open Science (via PubMed Central)
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Öppna källa ↗An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings
PeerJ
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Comprehensive peer-reviewed overview of the anatomy, body armour, osteoderms and keratinous sheaths of Borealopelta markmitchelli, suitable as the general description source.
Öppna källa ↗An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings
PeerJ
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Comprehensive peer-reviewed overview of the anatomy, body armour, osteoderms and keratinous sheaths of Borealopelta markmitchelli, suitable as the general description source.
Öppna källa ↗An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings
PeerJ
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Comprehensive peer-reviewed overview of the anatomy, body armour, osteoderms and keratinous sheaths of Borealopelta markmitchelli, suitable as the general description source.
Öppna källa ↗An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings
PeerJ
Granskad: 2026-09-05
Comprehensive peer-reviewed overview of the anatomy, body armour, osteoderms and keratinous sheaths of Borealopelta markmitchelli, suitable as the general description source.
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