Polacanthus

Polacanthus was an armoured, spiked, plant-eating dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous, about 132 to 100 million years ago. Polacanthus means "many spines."

Polacanthus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Polacanthus armour.jpg
Armour of Polacanthus foxii
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Polacanthus

Owen vide Anonymous, 1865

Some paleontologists think that Polacanthus is the same genus as Hylaeosaurus. Fossils of this ankylosaurid have been found in England.

Description

Polacanthus was about 12 feet (4 m) long and about 4.8 feet (1.5 m) tall. It was a bulky quadruped that relied on its many rows of bony spikes for protection. No head is known for this genus.

 
Hypothetical P. foxii restoration, based mostly on Gastonia


Polacanthus Media