Polacanthus

Pronunciation:
pol-a-KAN-thus
Name meaning:
'many spines'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
5.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 125 million years ago
Found in:
England,
United Kingdom

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria
Named by:
Hulke (1881)
Type species:
foxii