Euoplocephalus Euoplocephalus tutus (Lambe 1902)
/juːˌɒploʊˈsɛfələs/
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formations
Dinosaur Park · Bearpaw Shale
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Euoplocephalus tutus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by (Lambe 1902). The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Euoplocephalus tutus sits in deep time
Euoplocephalus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Euoplocephalus tutus'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.