Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus

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Welcome to Ankylosaurus.org our website about one of the most unusual looking and interesting of dinosaurs.

Ankylosaurus was an armored dinosaur that ate plants ("herbivore). It lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, between about 74 and 65 million years ago.

You can recognize Ankylosaurus by its body, which was close to the ground and protected by plates. It had a short neck and a relatively small head, but it had quite a long tail, and the tail was equipped with a club which it could use to defend itself. An adult Ankylosaurus could be sized up to 33 feet (10 meters) in length, and probably weighed around 4 tons.

Ankylosaurus skull:

Ankylosaurus was name by Barnum Brown in 1908. Its name, means "stiffened lizard".

To discover more about Ankylosaurus please select from:

Armor
Ankylosaurus was protected by bony armor in its skin (osteoderms) and a club in its tail.
Classification
How do scientists classify Ankylosaurus?
Diet
What did Ankylosaurus eat? How do we know?
Discovery
How Ankylosaurus was discovered and named.
Habitat
Where did Ankylosaurus live? What was its habitat like?
Facts
Some key facts about Ankylosaurus.
Fossils
What Ankylosaurus fossils have been found? Where were they discovered?
Name
How did Ankylosaurus get its name? What does its name mean?
Pictures
Pictures of Ankylosaurus.
Size
How big was Ankylosaurus?
Timeline
Ankylosaurus history and timeline.

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   Habitat

   Name

   Pictures

   Size

   Timeline

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