ANKYLOSAURUS

CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom Animalia


• Phylum Chordata


• Class Archosauria


• Order Ornithischia


• Suborder Thyreophora


• Genus Ankylosaurus


• Family Ankylosauridae

DESCRIPTION

Ankylosaurus was a colossal non-breakable dinosaur

• 25-35 feet (7.5-10.7 m) long


• 6 feet (1.8 m) wide


• 4 feet (1.2 m) tall


• Weighed 3-4 tons

The whole top portion was deeply sheltered from carnivores with thick, oval plates rooted (fused) in its leathery skin, 2 rows of spikes along its body. It had scrawny saucers as guard for its eyes. The beneath stomach was un plated. It had four petite legs, a dumpy neck, and an extensive head with a minute brain.

LIVED

It is the shatterproof dinosaurs to grow and it is the biggest too. It lived in the late Cretaceous Period, about 70-65 million years ago.

PROTECTION

It was well protected from the enemies, and even secures itself with its club-like tail.

DIET

It is an herbivores animal-eat only plants.

DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS

The fossils have been found in the western USA (Montana) and Canada (Alberta). Two skulls and three incomplete skeletons have been found.