AnkylosauriaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousEuropeEurypodaGenasauriaNodosauridaeOrnithischiaThyreophora

Horshamosaurus rudgwickensis

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Dinosaur: Horshamosaurus rudgwickensis

Cretaceous: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:6.6 m21.7 ft
Weight*:2.5 t5,512 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Europe

Area: Europe


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Author: Blows
Year: 2015

Distribution

Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Weald Clay

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Ankylosauria
Nodosauridae


Sources

Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, fragmentary left scapula with coracoid, distal end of humerus, right tibia, rib fragments, two dermal ossifications and many fragments).
References: Blows, W. T. (1996). A new species of Polacanthus (Ornithischia; Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Sussex, England.

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