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Is it ankylosaur or ankylosaurus

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

"Ankylosaur" refers to any dinosaur belonging to the suborder Ankylosauria. Ankylosauria include nearly all herbivorous, quadrupedal dinosaurs that were covered in bony armor. One of these species is called Ankylosaurus, and it happens to be the largest known Ankylosaur.

Thus, both words are correct, but they mean different things. Ankylosaur refers to the whole suborder, while Ankylosaurus was a single species within the suborder.

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