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| Skeleton of an Ankylosaurus, an armored dinosaur |
In August 2014 during an excavation in Liaoning Province in northeastern China, farmers found the skeleton of a juvenile armored dinosaur in a quarry. The dinosaur was almost completely intact. This area is also where the remains of feathered dinosaurs were found in 2004. It is one of the largest Ankylosaurus to have grown huge early in their lives which was during the Cretaceous Period when millions of dinosaurs roamed the earth in vast numbers.
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| Various Ankylosaurus species |
This new Ankylosaurus is named Chuanqilong (in Chinese, it means legendary dragon) Chaoyangensis (the area where it was found). As plant eating dinosaurs, the Ankylosaurus is covered in heavy armor and some had a bony club at the end of their tails. Archaeological digs have unearthed this species of dinosaur on all continents with the exception of Africa.
This fossil was about 14.7 feet long, and researchers say when compared to others they have found, that this one was only moderate in size, however, this one wasn't fully grown. The adults (called Cedarpelta) could grow to be 26 feet long.
Source: LiveScience.com