Ankylosaurus: quick facts
The best known of the armored dinosaurs, Ankylosaurus was the lastand largest of the ankylosaurids. Its tough skin was covered with bonyplates, and it could swing its formidably clubbed tail to render
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.