Edmontonia

Edmontonia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76.5–69 Ma
Mounted skeleton of E. rugosidens, specimen AMNH 5665
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Suborder: †Ankylosauria
Family: †Nodosauridae
Genus: †Edmontonia
Sternberg, 1928
Species
  • †E. longiceps Sternberg, 1928 (type)
  • †E. rugosidens (Gilmore, 1930 [originally Palaeoscincus rugosidens])
Synonyms
  • Chassternbergia Bakker, 1988
Armour of Edmontonia

Edmontonia was an armoured dinosaur, of the nodosaur family from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada.[1] It was heavy and tank-like at about 6.6 m (22 ft) long.[2] It had bony plates on its back and head, many sharp spikes along its back and tail and four large spikes jutting out from its shoulders on each side. To protect itself from predators, it may have crouched down on the ground to protect its defenceless underbelly.

References

  1. ↑ Vickaryous M.K; Maryańska T. & Weishampel D.B. 2004. Ankylosauria. In Weishampel D.B; Dodson P. & Osmólska H. (eds) The Dinosauria 2nd ed, University of California Press. pp. 363–392. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
  2. ↑ "Edmontonia." In: Dodson, Peter et al The Age of Dinosaurs. Publications International. p. 141. ISBN 0-7853-0443-6