Panoplosaurus mirus
"well-armoured lizard"
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–75 Mya)
- Place
- North America · United States · Canada · Mexico
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Ankylosaurs without the tail club.
Panoplosaurus is a genus of armoured dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Few specimens of the genus are known, all from the middle Campanian of the Dinosaur Park Formation, roughly 76 to 75 million years ago. It was first discovered in 1917, and named in 1919 by Lawrence Lambe, named for its extensive armour, meaning “well-armoured lizard”. Panoplosaurus has at times been considered the proper name for material otherwise referred to as Edmontonia, complicating its phylogenetic and ecological interpretations, at one point being considered to have existed across Alberta, New Mexico and Texas, with specimens in institutions from Canada and the United States.
What we know
- Named by Lambe, 1919.
- Body length estimated at about 5 m.
- Fossils found in North America and United States.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Panoplosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.