Dinosaur
Panoplosaurus
It was heavily armored, but its tail did not carry the large club of other armored dinosaurs.
Panoplosaurus wore substantial armor, but lacked a large club at the end of its tail.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Panoplosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ankylosauria
- Ankylosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Alberta
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Panoplosaurus
Few certain specimens are known, all from the Dinosaur Park Formation. Historical confusion with Edmontonia complicated interpretations of its distribution and ecology.
It was heavily armored, but its tail did not carry the large club of other armored dinosaurs. Its history was for a time confused with that of Edmontonia. Correctly separating the specimens allows us to study more carefully where each animal appeared and what characteristics it had.
Ankylosaurs developed bony armor in their skin. Some lineages had a tail club and others did not; a club should not be added to every armored dinosaur.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Panoplosaurus mirus
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- Panoplosaurus
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- Ankylosauria
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