Silvisaurus
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Silvisaurus
DV-0186
- Lived
- 106 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 4 m (13 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Eaton 1960
Field notes
About Silvisaurus
Silvisaurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 106 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Silvisaurus, from Kansas. Its fossils come from the Dakota Formation. It was named by Eaton in 1960.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
To scale
How big was Silvisaurus?
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. H. Eaton, Jr. 1960. A new armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Kansas. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Vertebrata 8:1-24