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
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.