Hylaeosaurus
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Hylaeosaurus
DV-0004
- Lived
- 139 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 5 m (16 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom, Germany and France
- Named by
- Mantell 1833
Field notes
About Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 10 finds of Hylaeosaurus, from United Kingdom, Germany and France. Its fossils come from rocks including the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation, the Ashdown Formation and the Bückeberg Formation. It was named by Mantell in 1833.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
130 million years ago
To scale
How big was Hylaeosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. A. Mantell. 1833. The Geology of the South-East of England