Nodosaurus
Nodosaurus textilis
Pronounced:
no-do-Saw-rus
Diet:
Herbivore (plant-eater)
Name Means:
"Knob Lizard"
Length:
20 ft. (6 m)
Height:
9 ft. (3 m)
Weight:
unknown
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 95 million
years ago
Fossil
remains for this
Dinosaur have
been found in
North America
Discovered in 1889, Nodosaurus
was one of the first armored
dinosaurs to be discovered in North
America. This dinosaur was first
thought to be a member of the family
that includes
Stegosaurus Nodosaurus was
a plant-eater and was well protected
from most meat-eaters with its thick
armor. This is an important dinosaur
because it helped define one of the
two families of armored dinosaurs.
Unlike the other family (what is the
other family?), the nodosaurs didn't
have clubs on the end of their
tails.
Like many dinosaurs collected
during the Cope-Marsh bone war
discoveries, this dinosaur was not
collected with great care. Its exact
locale was not noted with sufficient
attention to detail and scientists
can only assume the exact formation
that once held this dinosaur. |
