Edmontonia - Meaning: Of Edmonton

Edmontonia (ed-mon-TONE-ee-ah) was an armoured dinosaur, a part of the nodosaur family from the Late Cretaceous Period.

Its name means 'of Edmonton', as it was discovered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmontonia was bulky and tank-like at roughly 23ft (7metres) long and 6ft (2metres) high. It had bony plates on its back and head, many sharp spikes along its back and tail and 4 large spikes jutting out from its shoulders on each side.

These large spikes were probably used in contests of strength. To protect itself from predators, it probably would have crouched down on the ground to minimise the possibility of attack to its defenseless underbelly.

Edmontonia was a herbivorous dinosaur.