- Type of dinosaur:
- armoured dinosaur
- Length:
- 7.0m
- Weight:
- 2000kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- horny beak and chewing teeth
- Food:
- plant material
- How it moved:
- on 4 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 76-70 million years ago
- Found in:
- Canada,
- USA
Euoplocephalus had bony spikes and armour plating on its back, and a bony tail club used for defence.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
- Type species:
- tutus
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