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NODOSAURUS
(no-doe-sore-us)
meaning: "Knobbled lizard"
Nodosaurus
Named By: Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 100.5-97 Ma
Location: USA, Wyoming & Kansas
Size: Estimated between 4 and 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): 2 individuals represented by partial remains. Additional armour scutes
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophoroidea | Ankylosauria | Nodosauridae |
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Nodosaurus (meaning "knobbed lizard") was a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found in North America.

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