Named By: | Charles Mortram Sternberg in 1928 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 76.5-69 Ma |
Location: | Canada, USA |
Size: | 6.6 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Multiple specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophoroidea | Nodosauridae | |
Also known as: | | Denversaurus schlessmani | Palaeoscincus rugosidens | |
Edmontonia was an armoured dinosaur, part of the nodosaur family from the Late Cretaceous Period. It is named after the Edmonton Formation (now the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Canada), the unit of rock it was found in.