Ankylosaurus

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Ankylosaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Ankylosauria
Family: Ankylosauridae
Genus: Ankylosaurus
Species: A. magniventris
Binomial name
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Brown, 1908

The Ankylosaurus (Ankylosaurus magniventris) was a type of dinosaur.

Its back was covered in spikes and bits of bone to protect it self. Underneath it was not covered in anything but normal skin, so other dinosaurs, like T-Rex, would try to attack it there.

Ankylosaurus was a herbivore. This means it eat plants. Beacause there was no grass in dinosaur times, Ankylosaurus probably ate ferns and low shrubs.

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