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Euoplocephalus
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You can see this dinosaur in the Museum.
Information
Euoplocephalus had bony spikes and armour plating on its back, and a bony tail club used for defence.
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Fact file
- Pronounced
- you-OH-plo-kef-ah-luss
- Meaning of name
- well-armoured head
- Length
- 7m
- Height
- 1.8m
- Weight
- 2000kg
- Teeth
- horny beak and chewing teeth
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Food
- plant material
- How it moved
- on 4 legs
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(76 - 70 million years ago) - Found in
- Canada, USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Ankylosauromorpha, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae, Euoplocephalus
- Type species
- tutus
