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 (now reclaimed as part of a nature preserve), Mittelhausen (now part of the city of Erfurt), Thuringia State, Germany.

Horizon: Stuttgart Formation, Middle Keuper Subgroup, Keuper Group.

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.