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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Panoplosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Panoplosaurus means "Totally-armored lizard" Pronounced - PAN-o-plo-SAWR-us Named By - Lawrence Lambe When Named - 1919 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) - it ate low-lying plants |
| SIZE: | Length - 23 ft (7 m) long Height - 4 ft (1.2 m) tall at the hips Weight - 3.5 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 76-73 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Alberta (Canada) and Montana (USA), North America. |
| FOSSILS: | The first Panoplosaurus fossil was found in the Judith River Formation in Alberta, Canada. Fossils have also been found in Montana, USA. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Panoplosaurus was a nodosaurid ankylosaur (a tank-like dinosaur with no tail club) that had a bulky, heavily-armored body, four short legs, a short neck, a wide skull, and a stiff tail. It was protected by bony plates over much of its body and by short spikes on its shoulders, neck, head, and sides. It had a toothless beak and leaf-shaped cheek teeth. |
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