Genus: Zaraapelta ARBOUR, CURRIE, & BADAMGARAV, 2014
Etymology: Mongolian, hedgehog; in reference to the spiky appearance of the skull,
and Latin, pelta, "shield"; in reference to the osteoderms found on all ankylosaurs.
Species: nomadis ARBOUR,
CURRIE, & BADAMGARAV,
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Etymology: Latin, nomas, "nomad"; in reference to Mongolian travel company Nomadic
Expeditions, which has facilitated many years of palaeontological fieldwork in
the Gobi Desert.
Holotype: MPC D100/1338
Locality: Hermiin Tsav (Khermeen Tsav), 43°28.345'N, 99°51.032'E, western Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.
Horizon: Baruungoyot Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle-Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: A partial skull missing the rostrum.
Zaraapelta nomadis (modified from ARBOUR, et al., 2014), Holotype: MPC D100/1338.