Jakapil

Jakapil
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Skeletal diagram showing known fossil material
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Genus: Jakapil
Riguetti, Apesteguía & Pereda-Suberbiola, 2022
Species:
J. kaniukura
Binomial name
Jakapil kaniukura
Riguetti, Apesteguía & Pereda-Suberbiola, 2022

Jakapil (meaning "shield bearer" in Puelchean) is a genus of basal thyreophoran dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-aged) Candeleros Formation of Argentina. The type species is Jakapil kaniukura.