Large Ankylosaur Armored Dinosaur Scute from Hell Creek

Ankylosaur Dinosaur Bone

Class Sauropsida, Superorder Dinosauria, Order Ornithischia, Suborder Thyreophora, Family Ankylosauridae

Geological Time: Upper Cretaceous (75 mya)

Size: Dinosaur scute bone is 10.1 x 10.7 cm (4 x 4 ¼”)

Fossil Site: Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana

Fossil Code: PFV223

Price: $350.00 - sold

Ankylosaur Dinosaur ScuteDescription: Dinosaur scutes were the bony or cartilaginous plates lining the backs, necks and tails of armored dinosaurs. Scutes were especially common among ankylosaurs and stegosaurs.Ankylosaur Dinosaur

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia. It includes the great majority of dinosaurs with armor in the form of bony osteoderms. Ankylosaurs were bulky quadrupeds, with short, powerful limbs. They are first known to have appeared in the early Jurassic Period of China, and persisted until the end of the Cretaceous Period.

Dinosaur Fossil Purchase

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Ankylosaur
Sauropsida

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