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Panoplosaurus Panoplosaurus rugosidens (Gilmore 1930)
/pˌænəpləsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
United States, Canada
Regions
Wyoming · Montana · Alberta
Formations
Ferris · Two Medicine · Dinosaur Park · Lance
Dig sites
9
distinct collections
Overview
Panoplosaurus rugosidens is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Wyoming, United States and elsewhere. It was named by (Gilmore 1930). The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Panoplosaurus rugosidens sits in deep time
Panoplosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Panoplosaurus rugosidens'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.