Euoplocephalus

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Euoplocephalus (Scolosaurus) was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 70 to 65 million years ago

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• Ankylosaurs
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Euoplocephalus lived between about 70 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Extinction - Euoplocephalus died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Euoplocephalus Pictures
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Euoplocephalus lived in North America.
  
  
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs

Euoplocephalus Facts

Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Euoplocephalus: Euoplocephalus was a genus of dinosaur. Although "Euoplocephalus" is the correct scientific name of this genus of dinosaur, the name "Scolosaurus" is also sometimes used. "Euoplocephalus" has been the correct name since 1910. The animal's name was changed, because the first chosen name, "Stereocephalus", had already been used to name a particular type of insect. The name "Scolosaurus" is not the correct name, as it was given to fossils which were not initially realized to be from the Euoplocephalus genus. "Euoplocephalus" means "well-armored head". This name was chosen by Lawrence Lambe in 1910. Euoplocephalus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Euoplocephalus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones. Euoplocephalus lived between about 70 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. Euoplocephalus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era. Euoplocephalus lived in North America. Euoplocephalus was a herbivore (plant-eater). Euoplocephalus was about 20 feet (6 meters) long. Euoplocephalus weighed about 2 tons.

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