Image: Nodosaurus 500 TWA

Description: Illustration of Nodosaurus, an ankylosaurian dinosaur (North America, Cretaceous). This restoration is somewhat speculative and mostly based on closely related genera, as fossil remains of Nodosaurus are sparse.[1] Head: no skull have been recovered. In this restoration, the head is based on the skull of the closely related Pawpawsaurus.[2] Armour: Nodosaurus preserve some armour from the lumbar region its body.[1] The rest of is based on Sauropelta and Borealopelta (illustrations of body armour have been published by Brown et.al.).[3] References ↑ a b Skeletal diagram showing known fossil remains after Nodosaurus ↑ Paulina-Carabajal A et.al. (2016). "Endocranial Morphology of the Primitive Nodosaurid Dinosaur Pawpawsaurus campbelli from the Early Cretaceous of North America". PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150845 ↑ Brown C.M. et.al. (2017). "An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics". Current Biology 27(16): p. 2514-2521
Title: Nodosaurus 500 TWA
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