Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Ankylosaurus

AN-KIE-LOH-SAW-RUS
Lived in North America
Group:Ankylosauria
Family:Ankylosauridae
Time:74-67 mya
Length:25-35 ft (7.5-10.5 m)
Weight:5-7¾ tons (4.5-7 metric tons)

Ankylosaurus meaning “fused lizard” has been appropriate named as a living tank. It lived in the late cretaceous. It has a great body with plates and spikes on the top of its body. On the end of its tail there is a bony tail club. The club could be swung around and hit other dinosaurs. It was described by Barnum Brown in 1908 who was the same person who found the first Tyrannosaurus.    

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