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armored dinosaur
Denversaurus
Say it like this: “DEN-ver-SAWR-us”
Denversaurus schlessmani
Denversaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1988 · Bakker, R. T.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- 3.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United States · Hell Creek
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Nodosauridae
The story in short
The genus Denversaurus dates to 1988, the year R. T. Bakker described it. The name means “denver lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Hell Creek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Denversaurus at a length near 6 m and a body mass around 3.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Nodosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
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Acantholipan gonzalezi
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Animantarx
Animantarx ramaljonesi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Anoplosaurus
Anoplosaurus curtonotus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago