Genus
Valid Extinct

Dyoplosaurus

Parks 1924

Dyoplosaurus is a monospecific genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from Alberta that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Dinosaur Park Formation. Dyoplosaurus represents a close relative of Scolosaurus and Anodontosaurus, two ankylosaurids known from the Horseshoe Canyon and Dinosaur Park Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Dyoplosaurus
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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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Dyoplosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
4,3 m ⓘ
Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus
Mass
700 kg ⓘ
Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
W. A. Parks. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armoured dinosaur; and notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. University of Toronto Studies, Geological Series 18:1-35
Bibliography (1)
W. A. Parks. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armoured dinosaur; and notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. University of Toronto Studies, Geological Series 18:1-35