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The origin of ankylosaurs is poorly understood, and only a few specimens from the Middle Jurassic are known. [13] The ancestry of ankylosaurs has long been sought among stegosaurs, the closest group to ankylosaurs compared to other dinosaurs. Currently, ankylosaurs are a close group of stegosaurs within the Eurypoda clade. [14]
Stegosaurus (/ ˌ s t ɛ ɡ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; [2] lit. ' roof-lizard ') is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.
Bohlin placed Stegosaurides in the Stegosauria. [1] However, later authors often presumed it represented a member of the Ankylosauria, in an indeterminate position. [2] The fossils resemble vertebrae of both groups in having strongly elevated diapophyses, but are more ankylosaur-like in that the neural arch is moderately tall.
The scale-like cranial ornamentation on the surfaces of ankylosaurs skulls is called "caputegulae", and were the result of remodeling of the skull itself. This obliterated the sutures between skull elements, which is common for adult ankylosaurs. The caputegulum pattern of the skull was variable between specimens, though some details are shared.
Stegosauria is a group of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.Stegosaurian fossils have been found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe and Asia), Africa and possibly South America.
The massive specimen, named Apex, will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History for four years, the museum said.
Ankylosauridae (/ ˌ æ ŋ k ɪ l oʊ ˈ s ɔː r ɪ d iː /) is a family of armored dinosaurs within Ankylosauria, and is the sister group to Nodosauridae.The oldest known ankylosaurids date to around 122 million years ago and went extinct 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. [1]
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