Introducing Patagopelta cristata https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/introducing-patagopelta-cristata/ by @Ferwen

Phylogenetic analysis recovered #Patagopelta within #Nodosaurinae, along with other mid-#Cretaceous nodosaurids from North America. These results support the proposal that South American #ankylosaurs may have migrated from North America during the Late Cretaceous. The small size of Patagopelta is linked to some event of #dwarfism as in the case of #Struthiosaurus from the #Haţeg Island.

New Small-Bodied #Ankylosaur Species Unearthed in Argentina https://www.sci.news/paleontology/patagopelta-cristata-11449.html

A new small-bodied ankylosaurian #dinosaur from the Upper #Cretaceous of North #Patagonia (Río Negro Province, #Argentina) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2022.2137441

#Patagopelta cristata roamed Earth during the Late Cretaceous epoch, between 75 and 70 million years ago. The estimated 2-m body length is very small for an ankylosaur, comparable with the dwarf nodosaurid Struthiosaurus.