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DYOPLOSAURUS
(die-op-loe-sore-us)
meaning: "Double armoured lizard"
Dyoplosaurus
Named By: William A. Parks in 1924
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 76.5 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of complete remains, but estimated between 4 and 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skeleton, mostly of the posterior half as well as incomplete skull and jaws
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauridae | Ankylosaurinae |
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Dyoplosaurus (meaning "double-armored lizard") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the lower levels of the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation (latest middle Campanian stage, about 76.5 Ma ago) of Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus.

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