Hylaeosaurus
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Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ankylosaurian dinosaur
ⓘ
armored dinosaur ⓘ dinosaur ⓘ fossil taxon ⓘ |
| bodyArmor | heavy osteoderms ⓘ |
| clade | Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Iguanodon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Megalosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defensiveAdaptation | spines and armor ⓘ |
| describedBy | Gideon Mantell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| displayedAt | Natural History Museum, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | terrestrial ⓘ |
| estimatedLength | 4–5 meters ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Nodosauridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingStyle | low-browsing herbivore ⓘ |
| fossilDiscoveryCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| fossilMaterial | partial skeleton ⓘ |
| fossilsFoundAt | Tilgate Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilsFoundIn | Wealden Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Valanginian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Early Cretaceous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat | lowland floodplains ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature |
bony plates
ⓘ
dorsal spines ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the first dinosaurs described scientifically ⓘ |
| includedIn | original three genera used to define Dinosauria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom | fragmentary remains ⓘ |
| livedIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedBy | Gideon Mantell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | heavy body armor and spines ⓘ |
| order | Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British dinosaur fauna ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| size | medium-sized dinosaur ⓘ |
| suborder | Thyreophora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tail | armored ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Hylaeosaurus armatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1833 ⓘ |
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