AnkylosauriaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousEuropeEurypodaGenasauriaNodosauridaeOrnithischiaPolacanthinaeThyreophora

Polacanthus foxii

Dinosaur: Polacanthus foxii

Cretaceous: 125.8–121.4 Ma
TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
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Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:4.85 m15.9 ft
Weight*:1000 kg2,205 lb
ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Europe

Area: Europe


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Owen
Year: 1865

Distribution

Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Wessex


Sources

Material: Partial skeleton (5 dorsal vertebrae, 5 dorsosacral vertebrae, 3 sacral vertebrae, caudosacral vertebra, 22 caudal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, ilia, pubes, ischia, femora, left tibia, distal end of left fibula, astragalus, two metatarsals, one ungual). phalanx, and osteoderms.
References: Raven et al. (2020). Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria).

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