Dinosaur 10 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: an-KYE-low-SORE-us. The name means “fused lizard”. Its bony armor was joined together.
In the book
In Dinosaurs Are Back, the Ankylosaurus climbs off the page and into your room.
Scan its page with a phone or tablet, no app needed.
From the last page of the book
Imagine a dinosaur as armored as a knight and as powerful as a tank: that was Ankylosaurus! This plant-eating dinosaur could grow up to 9 meters (30 feet) long and weigh up to 6 tons. But its secret weapon was its tail club, which made it even more powerful!
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Ankylosaurus one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.
A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.
Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.
Nobody has ever found a complete Ankylosaurus skeleton, so nobody knows exactly how its armor was arranged.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
It lived at the same time as T. rex.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
In the story
A whole gang of them, armored like knights. And they were up to something!
I'm not telling you what. You'll have to read the book!
Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story
Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book
Questions kids ask
Riddle · who am I?
I'm covered in armor like a knight in a fight,but I only eat plants, from morning till night.
My tail has a club like a big bony ball.Swing! Bang! I'm the tank of them all!
Ankylosaurus!
The clue explained: From Dinosaurs Are Back: armored like a knight and as powerful as a tank, with a club on its tail. (Dinosaurs Are Back)
Every dinosaur page has a riddle. Try the flying one, or all the dinosaur riddles.
The book · ages 6 to 10
Spike's whole adventure, with the Ankylosaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.