Polacanthus Polacanthus rudgwickensis Blows 1996
/pˈɑːlɐkˌænθəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 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
Wessex
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Polacanthus rudgwickensis is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 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 Blows 1996. 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 Polacanthus rudgwickensis sits in deep time
Polacanthus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Polacanthus rudgwickensis'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.