Paleontologists have found fossilized eggs identified as Ankylosaurus eggs so we can assume with some certainty that they laid eggs rather than having live births.
How much did the Ankylosaurus weigh?
Ankylosaurus is the largest known ankylosaurian dinosaur. They weighed 6.5 tons, or 13,000 pounds.
What is the ankylosaurus diet?
Ankylosaurus had a low build and its teeth and jaws weren't adapted to chew. Thus, Ankylosaurus would have eaten relatively easy to digest plants that grew around 4 feet above the ground or lower. Plants that existed at the same time and place as Ankylosaurus include conifers, cycads, ferns, horsetails, ginkgoes, and early angiosperms, or flowering plants, such as palms and primitive grasses.
What would win saber-toothed or Ankylosaurus?
It should probably be pointed out that the ankylosaurus (Ankylosaurus magniventris) and the sabre-toothed cat (genus Smilodon) did not live during the same period. Ankylosaurus lived during the cretaceous period (70-65 million years ago), while the earliest known sabre-toothed cat species (Smilodon gracilis) dates to only 2.5 million years ago. So they would never have met in real life.
However, using what we know of both creatures, we can make an educated guess as to who would come out the victor if the two had crossed paths. So, let us consider the two combatants in all their prehistoric glory. In this corner, wearing the thick armored hide and sharp horns, at some 25-35 feet long and weighing in at a hefty 3-4 tons, we have ankylosaurus. In addition to its impressive armor and spikes, this giant though relatively docile herbivore wielded a vicious right hook in the form of a clubbed tail capable of breaking the bones of its natural enemy Tyrannosaurus rex.
Impressive, indeed. But wait! Don't look now, but in that corner, sporting a set of 11 inch long maxillary canines even a T. rex would envy and weighing in at a muscular 360-620 pounds, the assassin of the Ice Age, that terror of mastodons everywhere, the sabre-toothed cat! Thickly muscled, this deadly feline often took on opponents much larger than its 6-7 foot long body, using its vicious knife-like canines to slash deep into the soft, vulnerable flesh of it's prey.
So, there they are, ankylosaurus and sabre-toothed cat, squaring off to see who is the king of the beasts. Unfortunately, folks, there's really not much competition. For all its savage ferocity, smilodon is obviously outclassed here. After all, ankylosaurus had to defend itself against far deadlier opponents, including, as previously mentioned, the T. rex. And even the terrible lizard himself was never assured of victory against this armor-plated and club-tailed behemoth. Paleontologists surmise that the only way T. rex could even get close enough to deliver a killing bite was to first flip anlylosaurus on its armored back, thus exposing its vulnerable belly and limiting the use of its lethal clubbed tail. A trick smilodon would be hard pressed to perform.
So, it seems undeniable that in this rumble in the jungle, the victory belongs to ankylosaurus.
Is an ankylosaurus's armor strong enough to take a bullet?
That would depend on the type of bullet. I would say that a bullet from a handgun or a hunting rifle probably wouldn't be able to pass through the armor of an Ankylosaurus, but it would damage the armor. There are more powerful guns, though, such as certain machine guns or anti-tank weapons, which would be capable of penetrating an Ankylosaurus's armor. Of course, this is simply conjecture and one would need a lot of equipment and training to perform an experiment and determine for certain how bulletproof Ankylosaurus's armor was.
How did the ankylosaurus communicate?
Scientists think that Dinosaurs used body language to communicate with each other, using mainly their horns and their spikes.
go watch Jurassic park and will understand.
also, if you get a dinosaur's skull, you can blow into it and it will produce a sound. basically, you can communicate with the dinosaur (from Jurassic park II)
What size and weight is ankylosaurus?
Ankylosaurus weighed 13,000 pounds, or 6.5 tons. This makes them the largest species of ankylosaurian dinosaur.
What would a dinosaur have to do to the ankylosaurus to wound it up?
Ankylosaurus was so covered in bony armor on its back, head, neck, tail, and sides that it would have been virtually impossible for a large theropod to even reach a vulnerable part of the Ankylosaurus. Reaching a vulnerable part of the Ankylosaurus would be made even more difficult by its tail club, which would deliver lethal blows to an attacker.
To wound an Ankylosaurus, a dinosaur would have to attack its underbelly while avoiding blows from its tail club.
Ankylosaurus's belly was less than three feet above the ground, so even fitting under it to attack it would have been difficult for any predatory dinosaur of sufficient strength to injur its underbelly. Another means of wounding an Ankylosaurus would be to flip it over, although that would be impossible on a practical level for any dinosaur, even Tyrannosaurus. The last method for wounding, even killing, an Ankylosaurus would be to force it off of a sufficiently high cliff, because when it fell its bones would be broken by its own weight. However, it would be very difficult to do that, because the Ankylosaurus would simply stand its ground and defend itself with its tail club.
Ankylosaurus was so formidable that fossil evidence suggests they were almost never attacked by predators.
Ankylosaurus's habitat was the humid, subtropical floodplain on the coast of a shallow sea. This area is what is now Montana, Wyoming, and Alberta. There were distinctive wet and dry seasons here. Local plants included conifers, cycads, ferns, horsetails, ginkgoes, and early angiosperms such as palms and primitive grasses.
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Give one way in which you think an Ankylosaurus was adapted to its habitat?
He was adapted to its habitat because it can camoufalge
How big is a ankylosaurus the same size as?
Ankylosaurus was 25 to 30 feet long and weighed 6.5 tons. That means they weighed as much as a large elephant, but because of their tail, they were 25% to 50% longer than an elephant. They were very low built, though, with the highest point of their back (which was above their head) being 6 feet high or less.
How did ankylosaurus find water and food?
Ankylosaurus would have found food and water the same way animals do today. As it traveled, it would find edible plants, and it would eat them. As for water, they would keep track of local bodies of water, and they would visit them when they needed to drink.
Who came first man or dinosaur?
Dinosaurs died approx 65 million years ago, while modern man has only been around for a few hundred thousand years ago. Pre modern man has been around for longer, but then it depends on your definition of man. Our divergance from ape-like creatures maybe 7-10 million years ago, so dinosaurs existed and died out long before our origins.
How is a armadillos like ankylosaurus?
Both Ankylosaurus and Armadillo are covered in armor. Because of their armor, armadillos have few predators, and Ankylosaurus had none.
What is the difference between Ankylosaurus and Saichania?
Ankylosaurus and Saichania are both armored dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period, but they belong to different genera and exhibit distinct characteristics. Ankylosaurus, primarily found in North America, is known for its large size and prominent club-like tail, while Saichania, discovered in Mongolia, is smaller and has a more robust body with a different arrangement of armor plates. Additionally, Saichania is considered to have been more heavily armored than Ankylosaurus, reflecting adaptations to its environment. Both dinosaurs, however, shared similar herbivorous diets and defensive strategies against predators.
Was the ankylosaurus friendly?
It would probably have been the kind of peaceful herbivores who would leave you alone if you left them alone. However, if a predator tried to attack them they would lash out with their heavy club-like tails to defend themselves.
Does the ankylosaurus have ancestors that live today?
All ancestors of the dinosaurs, including those of Ankylosaurus, are extinct. The closest living relatives of Ankylosaurus and other dinosaurs are the birds. Birds evolved from small, feathered, arborial theropods. Theropods were bipedal dinosaurs with three toes on each foot, and most were lizard-hipped carnivores.
Are beaded dragons decended from dinosaurs?
Bearded dragons are lizards, and, like dinosaurs, lizards are reptiles. However, no lizards, including bearded dragons, evolved from dinosaurs. Birds, on the other hand, evolved from small, feathered, insectivorous or meat eating dinosaurs that lived in trees.
Where did the ankylosaurus find there food to eat?
Ankylosaurus ate low growing, tender plants less than 4 feet above the ground. They found these plants in the understory of the forested floodplains where they lived, in what is now Montana, Wyoming, and Alberta.