Hylaeosaurus

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Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hylaeosaurus canonical 2
Hylaeosaurus armatus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ankylosaurian dinosaur ⓘ
armored dinosaur ⓘ
dinosaur ⓘ
fossil taxon ⓘ
bodyArmor heavy osteoderms ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Iguanodon ⓘ
Megalosaurus ⓘ
defensiveAdaptation spines and armor ⓘ
describedBy Gideon Mantell ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
displayedAt Natural History Museum, London ⓘ
environment terrestrial ⓘ
estimatedLength 4–5 meters ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Nodosauridae ⓘ
feedingStyle low-browsing herbivore ⓘ
fossilDiscoveryCentury 19th century ⓘ
fossilMaterial partial skeleton ⓘ
fossilsFoundAt Tilgate Forest ⓘ
fossilsFoundIn Wealden Group ⓘ
geologicalAge Valanginian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Early Cretaceous ⓘ
habitat lowland floodplains ⓘ
hasAnatomicalFeature bony plates ⓘ
dorsal spines ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first dinosaurs described scientifically ⓘ
includedIn original three genera used to define Dinosauria ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom fragmentary remains ⓘ
livedIn England ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
namedBy Gideon Mantell ⓘ
notableCharacteristic heavy body armor and spines ⓘ
order Ornithischia ⓘ
partOf British dinosaur fauna ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
size medium-sized dinosaur ⓘ
suborder Thyreophora ⓘ
linked to: Ornithischia
tail armored ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Hylaeosaurus armatus ⓘ
linked to: Hylaeosaurus
yearDescribed 1833 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs → depicts → Hylaeosaurus ⓘ
Hylaeosaurus → typeSpecies → Hylaeosaurus armatus ⓘ
linked to: Hylaeosaurus