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
Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
35 feet (10.6 meters)
Weight
10,000 lbs (4,536 kg)
Family
Ankylosauridae
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.