Heavily armoured dinosaur had ginger camouflage to deter predators – study

Analysis of organic material from the 110m-year-old nodosaur suggests it had red and white camouflage, indicating its spikes alone did not put off predators

It was built like a tank, covered in armour, and weighed about the same as a caravan - but this beefy dinosaur was still at risk of being gobbled up by predators, scientists have discovered.

Thought to have lived about 110m years ago, the giant herbivore is believed to be a type of heavily armoured dinosaur known as a nodosaur and would have reached up to 5.5 metres in length.