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Nodosauridae

Sauroplites scutiger

"saurian hoplite"

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sauroplites 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 Sauroplites
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125.45–112.6 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Ankylosaurs without the tail club.

Sauroplites (meaning “saurian hoplite”) is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.

What we know

  • Named by Bohlin, 1953.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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