Borealopelta
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| phylum | Chordata | Borealopelta (meaning "Northern shield") is a genus of nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. The Borealopelta fossil is remarkable for its three-dimensional preservation of a large, articulated dinosaur complete with soft tissue. While many small dinosaurs have been preserved with traces of soft tissues and skin, these are usually flattened and compressed during fossilization.Melanosomes were also found that indicate the animal had a reddish skin tone.
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| clade | Dinosauria | |
| order | †Ornithischia | |
| family | †Nodosauridae | |
| genus | †Borealopelta | |
| Period | Early Cretaceous |
