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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