Ankylosaurus was a massive herbivore (plant-eater)
that lived in the late
Cretaceous period
(74 to 65 million years ago)
in North America.
It was one of the dinosaurs that died out in the Cretaceous-Tertiary
extinction,
65 million years ago.
Ankylosaurus was covered with massive armor to protect
it from predators,
was up to 33 feet (10 meters) long, and weighed over 4 tons.
The armor consisted of hundreds of oval-shapped
bony plates embedded in its leathery hide. There were also four spikes on its
head (two at the back, and one on each cheek), and a heavy bony growth on the
end of its tail, which was was probably use a club in defense, when
Ankylosaurus was attacked
by predators.
Ankylosaurus was named by
Barnum Brown
in 1908
and means "stiffened lizard".
"Ankylosaurus" means "stiffened lizard". This name was chosen by Barnum Brown in 1908.
Ankylosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Ankylosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
Ankylosaurus lived between about 74 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
Ankylosaurus was protected by hundreds of bony plates and four spikes on its head. It also had a heavy bony growth on its tail which it could swing as a club.
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