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Panoplosaurus
Panoplosaurus was an armored herbivore (plant-eating)
that lived in the late
Cretaceous period,
between about 76 and 71 million years ago.
Fossils
of the animal have so far been found in western North America - in
Montana,
and in
Alberta, Canada.
Panoplosaurus was about 18 to 25 feet (5.5 to 7.5 meters) long, about 6½ feet (2 meters) tall,
and probably weighed around 3.5 tons.
Panoplosaurus was protected from predators by heavy armor.
This armor included
bands of studded plates that protected its back and tail, and
squares of bony armor that guarded its shoulders.
Additionally, the bones of its head were fused together,
and would have thus formed a helmet-like shield.
Unlike some other armored dinosaurs
(such as Ankylosaurus),
Panoplosaurus was not equipped with a tail club, but it is thought possible that
Panoplosaurus may have made defensive charges, in a similar way to that of today's
rhinoceros.
Panoplosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 76 to 71 million years ago
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Panoplosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Panoplosaurus:
- Panoplosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Panoplosaurus" means "stiffened lizard". This name was chosen by Barnum Brown in 1908.
- Panoplosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Panoplosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Panoplosaurus lived between about 76 million years ago and 71 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
- Panoplosaurus lived in North America.
- Panoplosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Panoplosaurus was about 18 to 25 feet (5.5 to 7.5 meters) long, and about 6½ feet (2 meters) tall.
- Panoplosaurus weighed about 3.5 tons.
- Panoplosaurus was heavily armored with bands of studded plates protecting its back and tail, squares of bony armor covering its shoulders, and with fused bones in its skull acting as a helmet-like shield. However, unlike Ankylosaurus, Panoplosaurus was not equipped with a tail club.
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Armored dinosaurs were some of the earliest dinosaurs named, including the ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus in 1833 and Stegosaurus in 1877. But these armored dinosaurs, or thyreophorans, have been the least studied group because they lack the visceral appeal of Tyrannosaurus and the fossil abundance of ceratopsians and hadrosaurs. The incredible diversity of armored dinosaurs has only recently been appreciated: the discovery of new stegosaurs in the Jurassic of China and the United States, and of new ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of North America have led to renewed interest in thyreophorans. The Armored Dinosaurs brings together the latest studies by an international group of dinosaur paleontologists and provides descriptions of the original specimens of Hyaleosaurus and Stegosaurus, names new thyreophorans, and redescribes historically important specimens from Europe.
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In recent years dinosaurs have captured the attention of the public at an unprecedented level. At the heart of this resurgence in popular interest is an increased level of research activity, much of which is innovative in the field of paleontology. For instance, whereas earlier paleontological studies emphasized basic morphologic description and taxonomic classification, modern studies attempt to examine the role and nature of dinosaurs as living animals. More than ever before, we understand how these extinct species functioned, behaved, interacted with each other and the environment, and evolved. Nevertheless, these studies rely on certain basic building blocks of knowledge, including facts about dinosaur anatomy and taxonomic relationships. One of the purposes of this volume is to unravel some of the problems surrounding dinosaur systematics and to increase our understanding of dinosaurs as a biological species. Dinosaur Systematics presents a current overview of dinosaur systematics using various examples to explore what is a species in a dinosaur, what separates genders in dinosaurs, what morphological changes occur with maturation of a species, and what morphological variations occur within a species. |
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