Dinosaur - Ankylosaurus - Dennis postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  Ankylosaurus - advanced armoured dinosaur / sculptured by A. Braddock
• Publisher:  Dennis (The Dinosaur Collection) G032074L
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Ankylosaurus (/?æ?k?l?'s?r?s/ ANG-ki-lo-SAWR-?s or /æ??ka?l?'s?r?s/ ang-KY-lo-SAWR-?s,^[2] and which means ""fused lizard"") is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris. Fossils of Ankylosaurus are found in geologic formations dating to the very end of the Cretaceous Period (between about 66.5–66 Ma ago) in western North America.

Although a complete skeleton has not been discovered and several other dinosaurs are represented by more extensive fossil material, Ankylosaurus is often considered the archetypal armored dinosaur. Other ankylosaurids shared its well-known features—the heavily armored body and massive bony tail club—but Ankylosaurus was the largest known member of the family.

Ankylosaurus was a large animal by modern standards, estimated at lengths of 9 m (30 ft)^[3] and weighing up to 6 tonnes (13,000 lb).^[4] However, following a significant redescription of the fossils in 2004, a much smaller size has been suggested, based on the largest known skull, at 64.5 cm (25.4 inches) long and 74.5 cm (29.3 inches) wide, the whole animal was estimated at 6.25 m (20.5 feet) long, 1.5 m (4.9 feet) wide and 1.7 m (5.6 feet) tall at the hip.^[5] The body shape was low-slung and quite wide. It was quadrupedal, with the hind limbs longer than the forelimbs. Although its feet are still unknown, comparisons with other ankylosaurs suggest Ankylosaurus probably had five toes on each foot. The skull was low and triangular in shape, wider than it was long. Like other ankylosaurs, Ankylosaurus was herbivorous, with small, leaf-shaped teeth suitable for cropping vegetation. These teeth were smaller, relative to the body size, than in any other ankylosaurid species.^[6] Ankylosaurus did not share the grinding tooth batteries of the contemporaneous ceratopsid and hadrosaurid dinosaurs, indicating that very little chewing occurred. Bones in the skull and other parts of the body were fused, increasing their strength.^[5]

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