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Ankylosaurus
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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 was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 74 to 65 million years ago

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Ankylosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Ankylosaurus:
- Ankylosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "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 one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
- Ankylosaurus lived in North America.
- Ankylosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Ankylosaurus was about 33 feet (10 meters) long.
- Ankylosaurus weighed about 4 tons.
- 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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