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Dinosaur: Shamosaurus scutatus
Cretaceous: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Length*: | 4.5 m | 14.8 ft |
Weight*: | 1.1 t | 2,425 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with skull, referred portion of skull and fragmentary mandible.
References: Arbour, V.M. & Currie, P.J. (2015) Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.
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