Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus
An ankylosaurus-crusher from The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.
Characteristics
Body type	Ankylosauridae
Body size	Large
Ecology
Diet	Herbivorous

Ankylosaurus is a species of armored dinosaur (Ankylosaurian) which existed during the Stone Age featured in the franchise of The Flintstones.

Background

Ankylosaurus was a large dark turquoise-colored dinosaur covered in thick body-armor and small spike-like scales. Their most notable trait though was their rock-hard hammer-like tail club.

Uses

Ankylosauruses saw use in construction alongside the likes of the brontosaurus, being used to smash boulders into gravel at a faster rate. Despite the usefulness of their hammer-like tails, they never saw much use. They could also be used as riding animals, and the smallest varieties could be used as razors much like beeasaurus razors.

Breeds & Relatives

Some ankylosaurus resembled a turtlesaurus while others had less armoring and horns.

Mini-Ankylosaurus

A small breed of ankylosaurus which could range in size, being only as large as a snorkasaurus and capable of being small enough to fit in one's hand. The smallest ones had rather large teeth perfectly bred for snipping off facial hair.

Nodosaurus

A knobby-relative of the Ankylosaurus lacking the tail club but covered in several knobby small spikes along its back and head. Smaller ones are useful as car brushes as seen in the 1994 film.

Scolosaurus

A nearly identical relative of the Ankylosaurus with a round spiked tail but with the body of a Nodosaurus. They could be used to ring large turtlesaurus shell bells. The scolosaurus cavemobile was named after them.

Appearances

• The Flintstone Comedy Hour
• The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
• The Flintstones' Wacky Inventions (mentioned)
• The Flintstones (film)
• The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
• "The Grass is Always Dinner", "Alien vs. Pebbles" and "Pave Crag-adise" (from Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs)

Gallery

A mini-ankylosaurus racing a cotylosaur from a December 5, 1962 comic strip.

A mini-ankylosaurus shaver from the 1994 film.

The mini-ankylosaurus shaver prop from the film up-close.

An ankylosaurus ride in The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!.

A primrose-red ankylosaurus in the episode, "Attack of the Fifty Foot Teenage Lizard" from The Flintstone Kids.

Breeds & Relatives

A nodosaurus car brush from the 1994 film.

A Scolosaurus from The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!.

A Nodosaurus stampede from "The Grass is Always Dinner".

Notes/Trivia

• The original ankylosaurus razor prop from the 1994 film continues to exist and has been sold online on occasion, with its last known location being in the United Kingdom, however the prop's left front leg broke off at an unknown point over the years.