Ankylosaurus

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Ankylosaurus

• Pronounced - ang- KIE-lo-SAWR-us
• means Fused lizard and
• bird hipped

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Facts

• Length - 25-35 feet
• Height 8-11ft
• Weight - 3-4 tons
• Ankylosaurus is a herbivore. (eats plants)
• His head and body had rows of spikes.

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Where it lived

• It lived in the western US
• It also lived in Canada
• Fossils were found in US and Canada
• Ankylosaurus tracks were in South America.
• the Ankylosaurus lived about 65-75million years
  ago in the late Cretaceous period.

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More Facts

• The Anklosaurus was like a walking tank.
• Its entire topside was heavily plated and
  protected from carnivores.
• The Anklosaurus used a big club-like tail for
  protection.
• This dinosaur was prey.

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What the Ankylosaurus was like

• Much of the Ankylosauruss skeleton was fused
  together forming hard plates .
• The Ankylosaurus could not stand on its hind legs
  so, it fed on ground plants.
• It had muscular tail to swing its large club side
  to side.
• The Ankylosaurus had a skull almost a meter
  thick, which left little room for its small
  brain.

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Sources

• Ask Jeeves.com
• Google.com/dinosaurs/ankylosaurus
• Enchanted Learning.com