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Nodosauridae

Propanoplosaurus marylandicus

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Propanoplosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Propanoplosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (115 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Ankylosaurs without the tail club.

Propanoplosaurus is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Patuxent Formation of Maryland, USA. Its type specimen is a natural cast and partial natural mold of a hatchling.

What we know

  • Named by Stanford, Weishampel, & DeLeon 2011.

What we guess

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