Polacanthus
pol-a-KAN-thus
diet:
Plants
found in:
England & Spain
period:
Early Cretaceous
beautiful nerdy facts
- Its name means 'Many spines'.
- Lived during the Early Cretaceous, and its fossils were found in England and Spain 🏴 🇪🇸
- Like other herbivores, it loved the flavour of plants 🌿
- Had a shield over its hips, which wasn’t connected to the bones underneath.
- The spikes on its back and shoulders ran along its tail.
- One of the earliest armoured dinosaurs to evolve without a club at the end of the tail.
- Was 5 meters long, similar to a small SUV 🚐
- Weighted 2 tons, like two rhinos 🦏🦏
- Was 1.5m tall, similar to a cow 🐮
- Travelled with groups of Iguanodons for mutual protection.
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