shield of the north

thanks to the nature of things documentary, dinosaur cold case, we get to learn about the 110 million year old dinosaur: borealopelta markmitchelli! the name means shield of the north and then a nod to the royal tyrell museum tech who spent over 7,000 hours getting this bad boi out of the ground. 

imagine having a dinosaur named after you?!?!

i can't even.

it was found in 2011 in fort mcmurray, alberta. 6 years later it was declared A NEW SPECIES!

artist rendition

fossil daddy

i have a feeling that the pangolin is a descendant of this creature but i'll have to get back to you on the validity of that.