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Nodosauridae

Nodosaurus textilis

"knobbed lizard"

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nodosaurus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Nodosaurus
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 Ankylosaurs without the tail club.

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Nodosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.