DESCRIPTION: Nodosaurus was a massive herbivore (plant-eater) that lived Cretaceous period (between
about 110 and 100 million years ago) in North America. Nodosaurus was one of the earliest armored
dinosaurs discovered in North America: Two incomplete fossil skeletons (both missing the skull) of the
animal were found in Kansas and Wyoming in the 19th century. The name, which means "knobbed
lizard", was chosen by Othniel C. Marsh in 1889. Nodosaurus was entirely herbivorous (plant-eating).
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