ankylosaur
noun
an·ky·lo·saur
ˈaŋ-kə-lō-ˌsȯr 
: any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of herbivorous Cretaceous ornithiscian dinosaurs having a long low-lying thickset body covered dorsally with bony plates
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And while bonebeds with ankylosaurs, hadrosaurs, and sauropods have hinted at herd behavior, so, too, have deposited dino tracks, suggesting some dinosaurs had a distinct social streak.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
A number of other ankylosaurs have been preserved in this manner, albeit not as well as Borealopelta.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
One glass case contains bits of armor and bone from an unknown ankylosaur that Mr. LuJan discovered on his West Texas ranch in 2017, and which paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are studying.
—Asher Elbein Nina Riggio, New York Times, 17 July 2023
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
A number of other ankylosaurs have been preserved in this manner, albeit not as well as Borealopelta.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
One glass case contains bits of armor and bone from an unknown ankylosaur that Mr. LuJan discovered on his West Texas ranch in 2017, and which paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are studying.
—Asher Elbein Nina Riggio, New York Times, 17 July 2023
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“Ankylosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ankylosaur. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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ankylosaur
noun
an·ky·lo·saur
ˈaŋ-kə-lō-ˌsȯr
: any of several plant-eating dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period having a thickset body with bony plates covering the back
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