Dinosaur 🦖 of the month: Ankylosaurus

163  2019-07-24 by Cdace

Often compared to an army tank or bus, Ankylosaurus was a heavily armored dinosaur with a large club-like protrusion at the end of its tail. Ankylosaurus means "fused lizard" in Greek, and it was given that name because bones in its skull and other parts of its body were fused, making the dinosaur extremely rugged. Ankylosaurus lived in the late Cretaceous Period, about 65.5 million to 66.8 million years ago, and roamed the Western United States and Alberta, Canada.

While this herbivorous dinosaur was a massive animal, a re-examination of its fossils in 2004 by armored dinosaur expert Kenneth Carpenter downsized it a bit. The largest Ankylosaurus specimen ever found was 20.5 feet (6.25 meters) long, 5.6 feet (1.7 m) tall at the hips and 4.9 feet (1.5 m) wide, according to the study, published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. It likely weighed up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons).

The osteoderms of all ankylosaurs (dinosaurs in Ankylosaurus' suborder, Ankylosauria) were composed of an thin outer cortical or compact bone and an thick inner cancellous bone (spongy, porous bone), according to an analysis Carpenter and his colleagues published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica in 2010. The osteoderms were probably covered with skin and keratin, the fibrous protein that makes up hair and nails in people.

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47 comments

1  SnapshillBot 2019-07-24

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1  GUCCI_MANE_FREE_ 2019-07-24

I wonder what that armor could take

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

More than what the US military could throw at it

1  Clean_lt_Up_Jannie 2019-07-24

Will these be the frontline troops for the dino war?

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

They will be a defensive wall from which the raptors will use to shield them while they strike out at the enemy

1  DrZerglingMD 2019-07-24

Operation:get behind the darkies?? Who knew dino's were racist too

1  cenotaphist 2019-07-24

dinos are are virulently racist. it's one of the best things about them

1  Kasseltov 2019-07-24

I really need to make a dinosaur vs human Rts game and rake in the millions

1  trexmundi 2019-07-24

I'm into this if it's Red Alert 2 style.

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

I would forever be your friend

1  piano-stevens 2019-07-24

paraworld exists lol

1  Jidi_Isle 2019-07-24

😻🦕

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

😘🦖

1  cruel_heart 2019-07-24

He cute

1  trexmundi 2019-07-24

I want to pet his snoofer.

1  Wraith_GraveSpell 2019-07-24

I want to snoof his cooter

1  DasRoteOrgan 2019-07-24

I wished dinos had boobs.

1  trexmundi 2019-07-24

I don't judge. But whatever keeps you from jerking it in the changing room at Neiman Marcus. Here you go

1  ironicshitpostr 2019-07-24

scalies reeeeeeee

1  El_Guero_Alto 2019-07-24

You aight, Dino boi

1  JustLions 2019-07-24

FINALLY.

1  MagicHoudini 2019-07-24

Finally! Thank you Cdace.

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

You welcome! 😄

1  MagicHoudini 2019-07-24

Do you still take requests or are you stuffed right now?

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

100% free what’d you want next month?

1  MagicHoudini 2019-07-24

Pachycephalosaurus or Deinonychus if you haven’t already covered them. Your choice.

1  JuliusEvolasSkeleton 2019-07-24

Mamenchisaurus is also a good one.

1  trexmundi 2019-07-24

Deinonychus from a while back

🦖🍴👩‍👩‍👧‍👧🍴🦖

1  MagicHoudini 2019-07-24

Yeah I had an hunch he already covered it. Thanks for the link

1  elephantofdoom 2019-07-24

Always one of my personal favs tbh

1  JuliusEvolasSkeleton 2019-07-24

I like it

1  dogDroolsCatsRules 2019-07-24

I love that one. It's close (both in concept and in actual comportement) to the glyptodon, which is BAE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon

1  -DeadHead- 2019-07-24

4 tons (3.6 metric tons)

TIL the UK and US not only don't use the same ton as the rest of the world, their tons are also not even the same. So much retardation smh.

Anky seems nice btw.

1  yourkenyanprince 2019-07-24

I wonder if that tail can get in my ass

1  trexmundi 2019-07-24

I've seen guys take bigger.

1  MzCherryBlossom 2019-07-24

At last. A Dino post to warm my cold heart.

1  HeftyIntern 2019-07-24

Clankity clankity clank

Ankylosaurus was built like a tank

Armored below and armored behind

Nothing at all on his minuscule mind

1  istural 2019-07-24

This needs to be done more consistently. Spreading the word of the Dino prophets is important work.

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

It is consistent with the plasmodial cycle

1  thowaway_throwaway 2019-07-24

Pinkfong Anklyosaurus song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wCg38PxHXQ

1  OKryan_ 2019-07-24

r/ankmemes

1  AntiLuke 2019-07-24

Quality dino.

1  BaldwinIVofJerusalem 2019-07-24

The Ankylosaurus was always my fave so I'm glad to see this.

1  AnnArchist 2019-07-24

whys his balls on the tip of his dick?

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

No your looking at it wrong imagine it’s going in it’s bussy

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

No your looking at it wrong imagine it’s going in it’s bussy

1  Cdace 2019-07-24

No your looking at it wrong imagine it’s going in it’s bussy