Hylaeosaurus

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Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.

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Hylaeosaurus canonical 2
Hylaeosaurus armatus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ankylosaurian dinosaur
armored dinosaur
dinosaur
fossil taxon
bodyArmor heavy osteoderms
clade Dinosauria
contemporaneousWith Iguanodon
Megalosaurus
defensiveAdaptation spines and armor
describedBy Gideon Mantell
diet herbivorous
displayedAt Natural History Museum, London
environment terrestrial
estimatedLength 4–5 meters
extinctionStatus extinct
family Nodosauridae
feedingStyle low-browsing herbivore
fossilDiscoveryCentury 19th century
fossilMaterial partial skeleton
fossilsFoundAt Tilgate Forest
fossilsFoundIn Wealden Group
geologicalAge Valanginian
geologicalPeriod Early Cretaceous
habitat lowland floodplains
hasAnatomicalFeature bony plates
dorsal spines
historicalSignificance one of the first dinosaurs described scientifically
includedIn original three genera used to define Dinosauria
kingdom Animalia
knownFrom fragmentary remains
livedIn England
Europe
locomotion quadrupedal
namedBy Gideon Mantell
notableCharacteristic heavy body armor and spines
order Ornithischia
partOf British dinosaur fauna
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
size medium-sized dinosaur
suborder Thyreophora
linked to: Ornithischia
tail armored
taxonRank genus
typeSpecies Hylaeosaurus armatus
linked to: Hylaeosaurus
yearDescribed 1833

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Crystal Palace Dinosaurs depicts Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus typeSpecies Hylaeosaurus armatus
linked to: Hylaeosaurus