Euoplocephalus
Euoplocephalus tutus
Pronounced:
u-Opp-low-Seff-uh-luss
Diet: Herbivore
(plant-eater)
Name Means: "Well-Armored
Head"
Length: 20 ft. (6.5 m)
Height: 8 ft. (2.7 m)
Weight: 2 tons
Time: Late Cretaceous -
76 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found
in North America
Euoplocephalus is the best known of all the armored
dinosaurs, which includes
Ankylosaurus This plant-eater was typical of this
family of dinosaurs having a low, fat body with a tail
ending in a heavy, bony club. It would have wandered in
herds throughout the western part of the United States near
the end of the age of dinosaurs, munching on low growing
plants.
Euoplocephalus was not as heavily armored as some of its
family members, but its long tail and heavy club would have
made a formidable defensive weapon. The club would have
weighed close to 50 pounds (20 kilos) and on the end of a
tail that was nearly 7 feet (2 m) long, it would have easily
crushed the bones of a large predator. |
