AnkylosauriaDinosauriaEurypodaGenasauriaLate CretaceousNodosauridaeNorth AmericaOrnithischiaThyreophora

Edmontonia rugosidens

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Dinosaur: Edmontonia rugosidens

Cretaceous: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:6.6 m21.7 ft
Weight*:2.1 t4,630 lb
ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Russell
Year: 1940

Distribution

Area: North America
Country: USA, Canada
Region: Montana, Alberta
Formation: Two Medicine, Dinosaur Park


Sources

Material: Several individuals (large part of skeleton with skulls).
References: Burns (2015). Intraspecific Variation in the Armoured dinosaurs (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria). Carpenter, K. (1990). "Ankylosaur systematics: example using Panoplosaurus and Edmontonia (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae)".

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