Ankylosaurus
/ˌæŋkɪloʊˈsɔːrəs/noun
A heavily armored herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
Did you know?Ankylosaurus was named from Greek roots meaning “stiff” or “fused” plus “lizard,” so even its scientific name encodes the idea of a body locked into defensive armor.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ankylos (ἀγκύλος)
“crooked, bent, or stiff”
Ancient Greek
Greek
sauros (σαῦρος)
“lizard”
1840s
English
ankylosaurus
“a coined scientific dinosaur name built from Greek roots”
1908
English
Ankylosaurus
“the genus name formally applied to this armored dinosaur”
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