Hylaeosaurus Illustration #1
by Science Source
Title
Hylaeosaurus Illustration #1
Artist
Science Source
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Hylaeosaurus (forest lizard) is the most obscure of the three animals used by Richard Owen to define Dinosauria, in 1842. The original specimen, recovered by Gideon Mantell in 1832, now resides in the Natural History Museum of London, where it is still encased in the limestone block in which it was found. Despite never having been prepared, it is still the best specimen that exists of this genus of primitive, armored ankylosaurian dinosaur. Hylaeosaurus was an armored, quadrupedal, plant-eating dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period, about 135-119 million years ago. It looked a lot like its more advanced relative Ankylosaurus, but didn't have the bony nodes at the end of its tail or horns on its head.
Uploaded
March 13th, 2013
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Hylaeosaurus Illustration #1. Click here to post the first comment.