fauna of the Morrison Formation and Lourinhã Formation, Dracopelta might share close affinities with Gargoyleosaurus or Mymoorapelta. Paleoenvironment The holotype specimen of Dracopelta was obtained from a layer from the Assenta Member of the Lourinhã Formation, which dates to the uppermost lower and upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. The member represents a fluvial channel and preserves small coalified plant fragments. The member is characterised by a succession of fluvial sandstones insinuated by erosive surfaces showing fossilised roots and bioturbation, indicating periodic subaerial exposure. Dracopelta would have coexisted with the carcharodontosaurian Lusovenator, indeterminate turiasaurian sauropods, indeterminate crocodylomorphs, and an indeterminate ankylosaur, which may represent a second and more complete specimen of Dracopelta. See also Timeline of ankylosaur research References Ankylosaurs Kimmeridgian life Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Europe Jurassic Portugal Fossils of Portugal Taxa named by Peter Galton Fossil taxa described in 1980