Dyoplosaurus

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name = "Dyoplosaurus"|
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Thyreophora
infraordo = Ankylosauria
genus = "Dyoplosaurus"
genus_authority = Parks, 1924

"Dyoplosaurus" (meaning "double-armored lizard") is the name given to a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous near what is now the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada and was named by William A. Parks in 1924.

"Dyoplosaurus" was 20 to 30 feet (6 to 7 meters) long and about 5.8 feet (1.7 m) wide, with a skull measuring 14 inches (35 centimeters) across. Like most other ankylosaurids, it had an armored body and bony club on the end of its tail. The club was composed of several armor plates fused together.

Most have speculated that "Dyoplosaurus" is actually an incorrectly-named "Euoplocephalus". The two are now generally assumed to be the same species and thus, former "Dyoplosaurus" specimens are identified as "Euoplocephalus tutus".

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a810bf.htm "Dyoplosaurus" at the Dinosaur Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ankylosauridae.htm Ankylosauridae at Thescelosaurus]