Genus: Garzapelta REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024
Etymology: In reference to Garza County in Texas, where the type specime was discovered
and Latin, pelta, "shield": alluding to the carapace that characterizes aetosaurs.
Species: muelleri REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024
Etymology: In honor and memory of Bill D. Mueller for his many contributions to Texas Triassic paleontology and his early work on the aetosaur project.
Holotype: TTU-P 10449
Locality: MOTT 3882 (UU Sand Creek Locality), Garza County, Texas.
Horizon: Middle Cooper Canyon Formation (= Trujillo Formation), Dockum Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Latest Adamanian or earliest Revuletian holochron, Middle Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: An associated skeleton preserving several paramedian and lateral osteoderms from the cervical to caudal regions, trunk ribs adn a fragmentary podial.