Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis breastplate was a dinosaur discovered in England in 1867. It was herbivorous. His neck, back, and tail were covered with armored plates. These plates were sharp and protected the animals against predators. Appointed by Thomas Huxley, one of the scientists and thinkers the most prominent 19th-century Europe, had a history Acanthopholis somewhat controversial. It was probably smaller and lighter than its cousins in Northern America.
classifications
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Thyréophores
- Infra-Order: Ankylosauriens
- Family: Nodosauridés
period of time
- Lower Cretaceous and Upper Cretaceous (-121.00 -93.50 at my ma)
size
- Length: 3 to 5.5 m
- Height: 1.8 m
- Weight: 400 kg to 700 kg
ANATOMY
Acanthopholis (meaning "spiny scales") was an armored, quadrupedal (walked on four legs), plant-eating dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its armor was rows of oval plates set into its skin, plus it had spikes protruding from his neck and shoulders along the spine. It was about 15 feet long (4 meters) and weighed about 380 kg.
WHEN LIVED ACANTHOPHOLIS
Acanthopholis lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 115-91000000 years.
DIET
This huge, heavy reptile was an herbivore (it ate only plants). It had a huge amount of low-lying plant material to eat themselves to get as their intestines must have been very large. He probably had a fermentation compartment in the digestion of tough plant material support to produce enormous amounts of gas.
INTELLIGENCE
Acanthopholis was (as measured by its relative brain to body weight, or EQ) is an ankylosaur, whose intelligence was low among the dinosaurs.
LOCOMOTION
Ankylosaur trackways in 1996 shows near Sucre, Bolivia, South America, that these huge creatures could run at a "decent jog," said Christian Meyer, a Swiss paleontologist found work on the site. Speed estimates are made about the distance between the tracks of the animal's leg length, the pattern of tracks, and other factors.
Discovery of fossils
Partial fossils have been found in England. Acanthopholis was named by the British biologist Thomas H. Huxley in 1865.
CLASSIFICATION
Acanthopholis included the:
Kingdom Animalia (animals)
Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
Order Ornithischia - bird hips, herbivorous, four-legged dinosaurs
Subordination Thyreophora (Enoplosauria) - armored dinosaurs
Subordination Ankylosauria - galvanized and reinforced over the greater part of the body
Nodosauridae family (a group of small, primitive ankylosaurus without a tail club, they contain Hylaeosaurus, Edmontonia, Sauropelta, Silvisaurus, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurus, etc.).
Genus Acanthopholis
Species
Acanthopholis (meaning "spiny scales") was an armored, quadrupedal (walked on four legs), plant-eating dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its armor was rows of oval plates set into its skin, plus it had spikes protruding from his neck and shoulders along the spine. It was about 15 feet long (4 meters) and weighed about 380 kg.
WHEN LIVED ACANTHOPHOLIS
Acanthopholis lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 115-91000000 years.
DIET
This huge, heavy reptile was an herbivore (it ate only plants). It had a huge amount of low-lying plant material to eat themselves to get as their intestines must have been very large. He probably had a fermentation compartment in the digestion of tough plant material support to produce enormous amounts of gas.
INTELLIGENCE
Acanthopholis was (as measured by its relative brain to body weight, or EQ) is an ankylosaur, whose intelligence was low among the dinosaurs.
LOCOMOTION
Ankylosaur trackways in 1996 shows near Sucre, Bolivia, South America, that these huge creatures could run at a "decent jog," said Christian Meyer, a Swiss paleontologist found work on the site. Speed estimates are made about the distance between the tracks of the animal's leg length, the pattern of tracks, and other factors.
Discovery of fossils
Partial fossils have been found in England. Acanthopholis was named by the British biologist Thomas H. Huxley in 1865.
CLASSIFICATION
Acanthopholis included the:
Kingdom Animalia (animals)
Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class Archosauria (diapsids with socket-set teeth, etc.)
Order Ornithischia - bird hips, herbivorous, four-legged dinosaurs
Subordination Thyreophora (Enoplosauria) - armored dinosaurs
Subordination Ankylosauria - galvanized and reinforced over the greater part of the body
Nodosauridae family (a group of small, primitive ankylosaurus without a tail club, they contain Hylaeosaurus, Edmontonia, Sauropelta, Silvisaurus, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurus, etc.).
Genus Acanthopholis
Species
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