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Scolosaurus
Say it like this: “SKOH-lo-SOR-us”
Scolosaurus cutleri
Scolosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1928 · Nopcsa, B. F.
- Hip height
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 5.6 m · 18 ft
- Weight
- 2.2 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosaurinae
The story in short
In 1928, B. F. Nopcsa published the name Scolosaurus. The name means “thorn lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Scolosaurus at a length near 5.6 m, hips about 1.3 m high, and a body mass around 2.2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Scolosaurus cutleri. Other named species include Scolosaurus thronus.
Other species with this name
- Scolosaurus cutleri
- Scolosaurus thronus
Close relatives
Akainacephalus
Akainacephalus johnsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Anodontosaurus
Anodontosaurus lambei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago