Polacanthus Polacanthus foxii Grabau 1921
/pˈɑːlɐkˌænθəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 139.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formations
Wessex · Vectis · Ferruginous Sands
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Polacanthus foxii is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 139.1–100.5 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 Grabau 1921. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Polacanthus foxii sits in deep time
Polacanthus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Polacanthus foxii'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.