Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus
Name Meaning: “fused lizard”

Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Ankylosauridae

Time Period: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) -- about 68-66 million years ago
Location: Hell Creek Formation in Montana, United States & Alberta, Canada

Height: 6.25m / 20.5 feet long -- 1.7m / 5.6 feet tall
Weight: 6 tons (13,000 lbs)

Diet: Herbivore

Ankys are awesome dinosaurs that have armor protecting their backs. The armor plates are called scutes or osteoderms, and they are literally made of bone pieces attached into the skin!

There are only two types of living animals that still have this type of armor today: crocodilians and armadillos.