Panoplosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids PanoplosaurusTemporal range: Upper Cretaceous
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Panoplosaurus
Lambe, 1919
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Panoplosaurus was an armored tank-like dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous, living about 76–73 million years ago.
Panoplosaurus was a herbivore (a plant-eater). It ate low-lying plants, like ferns and cycads. This nodosaurid ankylosaur (with no tail club) was about 23 ft (7 m) long and weighed about 3.5 tons. It had a bulky body, four short legs, a short neck, and a stiff tail.
Images for kids
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Outcrops of the Dinosaur Park Formation along the Red Deer River
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Life restoration
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Skull of Panoplosaurus mirus CMN 2759 in dorsal, ventral, and anterior views
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Scapulocoracoid, humerus, and tibia and fibula of Panoplosaurus holotype CMN 2759
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Osteoderms and arrangement of neck osteoderms of Panoplosaurus mirus
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Skull of Edmontonia rugosidens in the RTMP, at times considered a species of Panoplosaurus
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Mounted skeletons of Denversaurus and Tyrannosaurus, Houston Museum of Natural Science
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Skulls of Panoplosaurus (left) and Euoplocephalus (right) and their respective sinuses
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Map of North America and the Western Interior Seaway 75 mya
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Depiction of megaherbivores in the Dinosaur Park Formation, Panoplosaurus on the far right
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See also
In Spanish: Panoplosaurus mirus para niños
