The+Ankylosaurs3

=Ankylosaurs= pronunciation: AN-kye-loh-sawrs

The Ankylosaurs were huge herbivores (plant eaters). They lived in the late cretaceous period which is about 74 to 65 million years ago. They were covered with heavy armor to protect themselves from predators. They had hundreds of oval shaped bony plates that was their armor. They also had a large bony plate at the end of their tail. Ankylosaurs means stiffened lizard. They were 33 feet (10 meters) long and weighted over 4 tons. They have 2 large horns on the back of their head to protect themselves. They have a wide skull with a tiny brain. They were found in Western USA(Montana), Canada(Alberta), and Bolivia, South America. They had 4 short legs. They are 25-35 feet long, 6 feet wide and 4 feet tall. They are bird-hipped dinosaurs. They ate low-lying plants. == ==