Edmontonia: Research Database Ankylosauria (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~71–68 MYA) ·> North America — Canada (Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta) Research Note: Edmontonia was an ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. As a nodosaurid ankylosaur, it provides important data on armored dinosaur diversity and evolution in the Late Cretaceous of … Read more
In Depth Just like with Ankylosaurus, Nodosaurus is the type genus of a whole group of armoured dinosaurs, yet it is also one of the most poorly represented by fossil material. The nodosaurids are thought to be the ancestors of the ankylosaurids, although to have continued to thrive even in the presence of their more … Read more
In Depth Well preserved dinosaur remains are rare from Australia, but Minmi is one of the exceptions. This is in part due to the small body size of Minmi which meant that it would have been more easily buried than a larger animal, something that would have protected the remains from being scattered by scavengers … Read more
Tarchia: Research Database Ankylosauridae (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~70 MYA) ·> Asia — Mongolia (Nemegt Formation) Research Note: Tarchia was an ankylosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. As one of the latest known ankylosaurids, it provides important data on armored dinosaur diversity in the Latest Cretaceous of Asia. Research Finding … Read more