ankylosaur
Tail-clubbed herbivore
An ankylosaur is a heavily armored herbivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, characterized by bony plates covering its back and, in many species, a club-like tail used for defense.
The name means "fused lizard," referring to the fused bones in its skull and body armor.
The ankylosaur's tail club could have shattered a predator's leg.
Horny epidermal plates
Protective combat covering
- clubOrganization with membership
- swingingMoving in arcs
- bludgeonHeavy blunt weapon
- protectionGuarding against harm
fortification · shielding · low-profile · camouflage · hunkering · thwack · impact · bone-crushing
Final Mesozoic period
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
- TriassicFirst Mesozoic period
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- specimenIndividual for examination
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
stratigraphy · sediment · mineralization · petrification · amber · formation · quarry · reconstruction
Herbivore eating low vegetation
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- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
cycads · plant-eater · forager · digestion · fermentation · gut · megaherbivore
scutes
Horny epidermal plates
armor
Protective combat covering
protection · fortification · shielding · low-profile · camouflage · hunkering · thwack · impact · bone-crushing · deterrent
Cretaceous
Final Mesozoic period
extinction · reptile · Pangea · Gondwana · archosaur
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- specimenIndividual for examination
skeleton · stratigraphy · sediment · mineralization · petrification · amber · formation · quarry · reconstruction · museum
grazer
Herbivore eating low vegetation
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- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- vegetationPlant life collectively
ferns · cycads · plant-eater · forager · digestion · fermentation · gut · megaherbivore
floodplain
Flood-prone riverside lowland
coastal · wetland · terrestrial · Appalachia · Mongolia · Alberta · Montana · Gobi
- fossilsammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils, fossil
- Prehistoric Animalsdinosaurs, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, mammoth
- prehistoric lifedinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor, stegosaurus
- Prehistoric ReptilesT-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, pterosaur
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, fossils
- Extinct Herbivoresmammoth, woolly mammoth, mastodon, triceratops, stegosaurus
ankylosaurtheropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
velociraptor · tyrannosaurus · stegosaur · sauropod · hadrosaur
ankylosaurTyrannosaurus rex
Large theropod dinosaur species
theropod · carnosaur · Velociraptor · apex predator · tyrannosaur