Europelta carbonensis

Early Cretaceous

Escucha Formation Arino Spain.

88mm dermal armor plate from an extremely rare dinosaur. First we have ever had.

Archosaur.  Nodosaur.

See: Kirkland, J. I., Alcala, L., et. al (2013). The basal nodosaurid ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain. PLoS One, 8(12).

Europelta is an armored dinosaur of the Family Nodosauridae and may be the earliest-known of the group from Europe.  So far, its remains have been found only in Spain.

Most collectors like to get teeth of different dinosaurs but a piece of armor is a rarer find and nice addition to a collection.