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Euoplocephalus

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This plant-eating ankylosaur, Euoplocephalus, relied on its nearly complete covering of bony armour for protection.


Encased in an armour of bony plates and spikes, ankylosaurs were probably safe from all but the most desperate predator. Even their eyelids were made out of bone. Safe in their armour, they were plant eaters. There were two kinds. One had bony armour on its back and nasty spikes sticking out from its shoulders. Although the other group lacked spikes, its tail ended in a crushing club.

Euoplocephalus is the best known of all the ankylosaurs, or armoured dinosaurs. It was the first ankylosaur found with the distinctive tail club.

Most of what we know about ankylosaurs is based on studies of this animal.

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This document was prepared by Wayne Hortensius, Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society. All information © 1995 Royal Tyrrell Museum. All Rights Reserved.
Updated: April 8, 1995

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