Nodosaurus textilis Nodosaurus

"knobbed lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nodosaurus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (99.7–86.3 Mya)
Place
Wyoming, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria

Nodosaurus (meaning ‘knobbed lizard’) is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming.

What we know

  • Named by Marsh, 1889.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Wyoming, USA.