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Anoplosaurus
"Weaponless
Lizard"
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Length
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Time,
Million Years Ago
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Place
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3m - 5.5m
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98
- 93.5
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Cambridge
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First
Named
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Discoverer
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Family
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1878
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Seeley
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Ankylosaur
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Once
thought to be an iguanodont, but is probably a primitive nodosaurid
(or a combination of fossils from both).
Fossil
evidence came from the Cambridge Green Sands Formation.
Type
Species Information
After
which the Genus is named
Anoplosaurus Curtonotis
Remains:
Skeletal Fragments
Other
Species
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Name
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Discoverer
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Named
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Anoplosaurus
major
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Seeley
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1878
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Remains: Anterior
end of left ramus of mandible, 5 or 6 cervical centra, 12 dorsal
vertebrae, 6 sacral centra, neural arches (mostly dorsal), incomplete
coracoids, proximal end of scapula, pieces of ribs, ends of
right humerus & left femur, partial metatarsals, phalanges,
left tibia, fragments
©
2002 Gavin Rymill
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