(an-kil-uh-SOR-us)
Length: 5 meters
Weight: About 2000kg
ERA: Late Cretaceous
85-65 million years ago
Meaning of Name: Curved Lizard
The tank-like Ankylosaurus lived in only two areas of the world. North America and Asia. The plant-eating reptile had a back covered with overlapping bony plates, protecting him in much the same manner a shell protects a turtle. At the end of the Ankylosaurus' tail was a lumpy club of bone, a dangerous weapon frequently used against aggressive, meat eating dinosaurs of the same period. * Source: Back of card