Sixth Grade
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Minmi
Minmi (min-mee) was a small armored dinosaur. Its body was about six feet long. Its neck and shoulders had big, bony plates with ridges on the skin. Spikes stuck out from its hips. There were triangular plates along its tail. It had large armor patches on its nose. It even had armored plates on its belly! The armor protected it from attackers.
Armored dinosaurs are called Ankylosaurids. Ankylosaurus was the largest of the group. Minmi was the smallest. Minmi also once held the record for the shortest dinosaur's name. But another dinosaur named Mei, found in 2004, now holds that record.
Minmi lived in Australia about .....
