Nodosaurus

Nodosaurus textilis

Nodosaurus — scientific reconstruction

Nodosaurus (meaning 'knobbed lizard') is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming.

Family
Nodosauridae
Order
Ornithischia
Period
Cretaceous (100.5–94.0 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
4.0–6.0 m
Weight
1.8–3.5 t
Type locality
Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA
Holotype
YPM 1815
PBDB
txn:38823

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