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Edmontonia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76.5–69Ma
Edmontonia half.jpg
Mounted skeleton of E. rugosidens, specimen AMNH 5665
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Family: †Nodosauridae
Genus: †Edmontonia
Sternberg, 1928
Species
  • †E. longiceps Sternberg, 1928 (type)
  • †E. rugosidens (Gilmore, 1930 [originally Palaeoscincus rugosidens])
Synonyms
  • Chassternbergia Bakker, 1988
Edmontonia rugosidens armour AMNH 5381
Armour of Edmontonia

Edmontonia was an armoured dinosaur, of the nodosaur family from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada. It was heavy and tank-like at about 6.6 m (22 ft) long. It had bony plates on its back and head, many sharp spikes along its back and tail and four large spikes jutting out from its shoulders on each side. To protect itself from predators, it may have crouched down on the ground to protect its defenceless underbelly.


Images for kids

  • Edmontonia dinosaur

    Restoration of E. rugosidens

  • Edmontonia mount

    Restored E. rugosidens skeleton without back armour

  • Edmontonia Royal Tyrrell 1

    Skull and neck armor

  • Edmontonia model

    Edmontonia reconstruction in Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

  • Edmontonia restoration

    Life restoration of two E. rugosidens from 1922, based on the 1915 AMNH specimen

  • Edmontonia American Museum of Natural History

    Left side of E. rugosidens specimen AMNH 5665

  • Edmontonia shoulder spikes

    Close up of the shoulder spikes of AMNH 5665

See also

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