Jinyunpelta
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phylum | Chordata | Jinyunpelta ("Jinyun shield") is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurine thyreophoran dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Jinyun County, Zhejiang, China; it has one species, the type species J. sinensis. This species is the basalmost ankylosaur known to have had a proper tail club.
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clade | Diapsida | |
order | Ornithischia | |
Infraorder | Thyreophora | |
family | Ankylosauridae | |
genus | Jinyunpelta | |
species | J. sinensis | |
Temporal range | Early Cretaceous |