Platypelta
| Platypelta Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Skull of holotype specimen AMNH 5337 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Ankylosaurini |
| Genus: | †Platypelta Penkalski, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Platypelta coombsi Penkalski, 2018 | |
Platypelta is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation (early Late Campanian stage, about 77.5-76.5 Ma ago) of southern Alberta, Canada. The type species is Platypelta coombsi.