Euoplocephalus was a close cousin of Ankylosaurus. However, Euoplocephalus was smaller that Ankylosaurus. Ankylosaurus weighed about 4 tons and was almost 30 ft. long. Euoplocephalus was over 2.5 tons and about 20 ft. long. They also lived at different times and in different areas, with Euoplocephalus living in western Canada around 72 million years ago and Ankylosaurus living in the central US about 65 million years ago.
Ankylosaurus is not known to have had any armor on its eyelids. However, some of its relatives like Euoplocephalus did have armored eyelids.
Ankylosaurus (ang-KLEE-O-sor-uss) was related to Euoplocephalus (EE-oo-plo-seF-LUss). It mainly fed on ferns.
Ankylosaurus had no evolutionary descendants. The only living descendants of dinosaurs are the birds. Birds evolved from small, feathered, meat eating or insectivorous dinosaurs that lived in trees.
Yes, Euoplocephalus is the strongest.
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The ankylosaurus was believed to be less than 6' tall.
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Euoplocephalus was a herbivorous dinosaur known for its clubbed tail used for defense. While the exact speed of a Euoplocephalus tail is not recorded, it likely could swing it quickly to defend against predators in close proximity.
Ankylosaurus is, in and of itself, the scientific name of the species. The full name of the animal is Ankylosaurus magniventris.
Yes, gargoyleosaurus is an ankylosaurus.
Triassic
Ankylosaurus remains date to between 66.5 and 65.5 million years ago. This was during the Maastrichtian stage of the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era.