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ID Thumbnail Media Data
2807 Skeleton of Gargoyleosaurus
Scientific Name Gargoyleosaurus
Comments Skeleton of Gargoyleosaurus showing the fused sacral shield and laterally projecting triangular scutes along the sides of the body. The two rows of cervical armor are also seen. The scutes on the back of polacanthids have a distinct alternating pattern.
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part skeleton
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Gargoyleosaurus (Polacanthidae): view page image collection
Title pola4.gif
Image Type Drawing/Painting
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Skeleton of Gargoyleosaurus
ID 2807
2822 Skeleton of Talarurus
Location Mongolia
Comments Skeleton of Talarurus, an ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Note the long, low body and tail club, which is quite slender in this species.
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Upper Cretaceous
Body Part skeleton
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Talarurus (Ankylosauridae): view page image collection
Title ankylo4.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Skeleton of Talarurus
ID 2822
3618 Shoulder girdle of Hylaeosaurus
Scientific Name Hylaeosaurus
Comments Shoulder girdle of Hylaeosaurus showing the characteristic flange-like acromion of polacanthids
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part Shoulder girdle, acromion
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Hylaeosaurus (Polacanthidae): view page image collection
Title pola3.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ALT Text Shoulder girdle of Hylaeosaurus
ID 3618
3837 Skull of Edmontonia
Scientific Name Edmontonia
Comments Skull of Edmontonia in side (left) and top (right) views. The characteristic features of the nodosaurid skull that may be seen include: length greater than width, large symmetrically arranged scale impressions into the skull bones (ornamentation).
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part skull
View side and top
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Edmontonia (Nodosauridae): view page image collection
Title nodo2.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ALT Text Skull of Edmontonia
ID 3837
4203
Scientific Name Gastonia
Location North America
Comments Life restoration of the polacanthid Gastonia (Early Cretaceous of North America). The position of the tall spines on the back is problematic and is based on the recovery of a single large, wide-based spine. The spine may or may not go on the back as shown.
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Early Cretaceous
Copyright © 1998 Brian Franczak
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Attached to Group Gastonia (Polacanthidae): view page image collection
Title polatitle.jpg
Image Type Drawing/Painting
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 4203
4303 Two Edmontonia males in a shoving contest of strength
Scientific Name Edmontonia
Location North America
Comments Life restoration. Two males are shown in a shoving contest of strength.
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Late Cretaceous
Sex Male
Copyright © 1983 Brian Franczak
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Attached to Group Edmontonia (Nodosauridae): view page image collection
Title edmontonia.jpg
Image Type Drawing/Painting
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Two Edmontonia males in a shoving contest of strength
ID 4303
4798 Typical ankylosaur skull showing some of the major features
Scientific Name Tarchia gigantea
Location Mongolia
Comments Typical ankylosaur skull showing some of the major features.
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Upper Cretaceous
Body Part skull
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2001
Attached to Group Ankylosauria: view page image collection
Tarchia (Ankylosauridae): view page image collection
Title ankyloskull.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ALT Text Typical ankylosaur skull showing some of the major features
ID 4798
5169 Skull of Tarchia
Scientific Name Tarchia
Comments Skull of Tarchia in side (left) and top (right) views. The characteristic features of the skull include: skull as wide or wider than long, large jugal and postorbital "horns" and numerous small scale impressions (ornamentation) onto the skull surface.
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part skull
View side and top
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Tarchia (Ankylosauridae): view page image collection
Title ankylo2.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ALT Text Skull of Tarchia
ID 5169
5346 Skeleton of Sauropelta
Location North America
Comments Skeleton of Sauropelta, the best known nodosaurid from the Early Cretaceous of North America. Characteristic features of the nodosaurids include the absence of a tail club, long spines on the neck and shoulder, bent ischium (pelvic bone seen protruding between legs and tail).
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Early Cretaceous
Body Part skeleton
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Sauropelta (Nodosauridae): view page image collection
Title nodo1.gif
Image Type Drawing/Painting
Image Content Specimen(s)
ALT Text Skeleton of Sauropelta
ID 5346
5457 Shoulder girdle of Panoplosaurus
Scientific Name Panoplosaurus
Comments Shoulder girdle of Panoplosaurus showing the characteristic ridge-like acromion of nodosaurids
Specimen Condition Fossil
Body Part Shoulder girdle, acromion
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2000
Attached to Group Panoplosaurus (Nodosauridae): view page image collection
Title nodo3.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ALT Text Shoulder girdle of Panoplosaurus
ID 5457
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