Denversaurus Denversaurus

"Denver lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Denversaurus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
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Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (68–66 Mya)
Place
North America
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria

Denversaurus (meaning “Denver lizard”) is a genus of panoplosaurin nodosaurid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian of Late Cretaceous Western North America. Although at one point treated as a junior synonym of Edmontonia by some taxonomists, current research indicates that it is its own distinct nodosaurid genus.

What we know

  • Named by Bakker, 1988.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in North America.