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Ankylosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 68–66 Ma
Broun skull cast on a pedestal
Cast of Ankylosaurus skull (AMNH 5214) in front view, Museum of the Rockies
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Faimily: Ankylosauridae
Genus: Ankylosaurus
Brown, 1908
Species: A. magniventris
Binomial name
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Brown, 1908

Ankylosaurus is a genus o airmoured dinosaur. Its fossils hiv bin foond in geological formations frae the end o the Cretaceous Period, aboot 68–66 million yars ago, in westren Noorth Americae, makin it amang the last o the non-avian dinosaurs. [1] It wis name't by Barnum Brown in 1908; it is monotypic, containin only A. magniventris. .[2]

References

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  1. Holtz, Thomas R.; Rey, Luis V. (2007). Dinosaurs : the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages. Internet Archive. New York : Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-82419-7.
  2. Williston, S. W. (1908). "The AnkylosauridaeThe Ankylosauridae, a New Family of Dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous.Barnum Brown". The American Naturalist. 42 (501): 629–630. doi:10.1086/278987. ISSN 0003-0147.