New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan

Aug 24, 2026 - 16:45

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New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan

Nipponopelta yezoensis. Image credit: TotalDino / CC BY 4.0.

Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido have been recognized as belonging to a new genus and species.

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