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''Ahshislepelta'' is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurine ankylosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous (late Campanian stage) deposits of San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. ''Ahshislepelta'' is known from the holotype SMP VP-1930, a closely associated and incomplete postcranial skeleton of an adult individual consisting of the shoulder girdle, a partial left forelimb, vertebrae and osteoderms. It was discovered in 2005 and collected between 2005 and 2009 from the Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation at the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash locality. ''Ahshislepelta'' was first named by Michael E. Burns and Robert M. Sullivan in 2011 and the type species is ''Ahshislepelta minor''. The generic name comes from the ''Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash'' locality, where the fossils were found, and ''pelta'', "shield" in Greek. The specific name is derived from ''minor'', "small" in Latin, in reference to its smaller adult size relative to other ankylosaurids from North America. Humerus length is thirty-one centimetres. ''Ahshislepelta'' was assigned to the Ankylosauridae and more precisely to the Ankylosaurinae.〔 ==See also== * Timeline of ankylosaur research 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahshislepelta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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