Genus: Thuringopelta SUES & SCHOCH, 2025
Etymology: In reference to Thuringia Germany and Latin, pelta, "a small shield": Thuringia shield.
Species: wereburgi SUES & SCHOCH, 2025
Etymology: In honor of Ralf Werneburg (former Director of the Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg, Schleusingen) for his many importan contributions to our knowledge of Permian and Triassic tetrapods, especially from Thuringia.
Holotype: MB.R.6300.3
Locality: Former Klapproth brick pit, Mittelhausen (now part of the city of Erfurt), Thuringia State, Germany.
Horizon: Middle Keuper Subgroup, Stuttgart Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Julina - early Tuvalian, Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Paramedian plate.
Referred material:
MB.R.6300-1,2, 4-10: 9 osteoderms.
MB.R.6301.1-.17: 17 osteoderms.