Ankylosaurus
Appearance
Ankylosaurus | |
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Cast of Ankylosaurus skull (AMNH 5214) in front view, Museum of the Rockies | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Faimily: | †Ankylosauridae |
Genus: | †Ankylosaurus Brown, 1908 |
Species: | †A. magniventris |
Binomial name | |
†Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown, 1908
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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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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