Genus
Valid Extinct

Scolosaurus

Nopcsa 1928

Scolosaurus is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from the lower levels of the Dinosaur Park Formation and upper levels of the Oldman Formation in the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. The genus contains two species, S. cutleri and S. thronus. The type species, S. cutleri, measured up to 5.6 metres (18 ft) in length and 2.2 metric tons in body mass.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Scolosaurus
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Scolosaurus thronus - Royal Tyrrell Museum © Alan & Flora Botting · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Ankylosauridae Family
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Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
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Euoplocephalini Tribe
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Scolosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
6 m ⓘ
5,7 m ⓘ
Scolosaurus thronus — min connu
6 m ⓘ
Scolosaurus cutleri  — max connu
Mass
1 000 kg ⓘ
2 200 kg ⓘ
Scolosaurus thronus — min connu
2 500 kg ⓘ
Scolosaurus cutleri  — max connu
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
4
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
4
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Species (2)
Scolosaurus cutleri 84 Ma
Scolosaurus thronus 84 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. Palaeontological notes on reptiles. VI. Scolosaurus cutleri, a new dinosaur. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1(1):54-74
Bibliography (2)
P. Penkalski. 2018. Revised systematics of the armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus and its allies. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 287(3):261-306 DOI ↗
B. F. Nopcsa. 1928. Palaeontological notes on reptiles. VI. Scolosaurus cutleri, a new dinosaur. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1(1):54-74