Dyoplosaurus

double armoured lizard

• dyo · Greek · two
• hoplon · Greek · armour, weapon
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name is usually translated as "double-armoured lizard". It combines Greek words for "two" and "armour" with the word for "lizard". It was given to an armoured ankylosaurid skeleton from Alberta, Canada.

Named by

Parks

Year named

1924

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

An ankylosaurid dinosaur. The type species is Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus. Its status has been debated. Some researchers have treated it as a synonym of Euoplocephalus or Scolosaurus, while others, such as Arbour and colleagues, regard it as a distinct valid genus. The etymology comes from the usual interpretation of the name, and the exact Greek roots are less certain than the rest of the entry.