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    • Albertosaurus sarcophagus
    • Alioramus remotus
    • Allosaurus sp.
    • Apatosaurus sp
    • Archelon ischyros
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    • Coahuillaceratops magnacuerna
    • Deinosuchus
    • Diabloceratops sp.
    • Didelphadon vorax
    • Dromeosaurus sp.
    • Edmontosaurus annectens
    • Edmontosaurus sub-adult
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    • Gastonia burgei sub-adult
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    • Nothronychus sp.
    • Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
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    • Prognathodon stadtmani
    • Protoceratops andrewsi
    • Pteranadon longiceps
    • Saichania sp.
    • Stegosaurus stenops
    • Struthiomimus sedens
    • Tarbosaurus baatar
    • Teratophoneus curriei
    • Teratophoneus sub-adult
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    • Velociraptor mongoliensis'
    • Zerbst Tracksite
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Peloroplites cedarmontanus

Discovered in Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation this enormous dinosaur was described in 2008.  Reaching lengths of nearly 20 feet,  Peloroplites, is among the largest nodosaur dinosaurs to have lived on earth.  In the early Cretaceous period. These heavily armored, quadrupedal animals are infrared to have fed upon low-lying branches and leaves.  The name Peloroplites appropriately translates to "monsterous armored soldier."'

Peloroplites

Cedar Mountain Formation 

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