Scolosaurus
Field photograph to come
Scolosaurus
DV-0138
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- estimates range from 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Nopcsa 1928
Field notes
About Scolosaurus
Scolosaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Scolosaurus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was named by Nopcsa in 1928.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. Palaeontological notes on reptiles. VI. Scolosaurus cutleri, a new dinosaur. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1(1):54-74