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Anoplosaurus Anoplosaurus curtonotus (Seeley 1879)

/ˌænəpləsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Upper Greensand
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United Kingdom. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Anoplosaurus curtonotus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by (Seeley 1879). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Anoplosaurus curtonotus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Anoplosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Anoplosaurus curtonotus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Caletodraco
Caletodraco cottardi
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coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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coexisted–with
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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coexisted–with
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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coexisted–with
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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same–clade
Nodosaurus
Nodosaurus textilis
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same–clade
Stegopelta
Stegopelta landerensis
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