Nodosaurus

Pronunciation:
no-doh-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'node lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
5.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 110–100 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae
Named by:
Marsh (1889)
Type species:
textilis

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