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Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaurus armatus Mantell 1833
/haɪˌliːoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 137.1–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Region
Champagne-Ardenne
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Hylaeosaurus armatus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Champagne-Ardenne, France. It was named by Mantell 1833. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Hylaeosaurus armatus sits in deep time
Hylaeosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Hylaeosaurus armatus'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.