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family · 2 represented species

Ankylosauridae

Ankylosauridae is included in this curated classification as a family within Ankylosauria. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Ankylosauridae

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Representative silhouette for Ankylosauridae
2Direct child groups
2Countries represented
76.5–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Ankylosaurus

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Euoplocephalus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Ankylosaurus magniventrisArt by Emily Willoughby · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cretaceous

Ankylosaurus magniventris

A huge, broad-bodied ankylosaurid from the final two million years of the Cretaceous, protected by bony armour and armed with a stiff-handled tail club. Despite its fame, no complete skeleton is known.

herbivore~7.5 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Euoplocephalus tutusArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Euoplocephalus tutus

A low, broad ankylosaurid from Alberta's Dinosaur Park Formation, protected by skull tiles, neck armour and body osteoderms and equipped with a stiff-handled tail club. Modern revision has greatly narrowed which fossils truly belong to it.

herbivore~5.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

United States · Canada

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology