Stegosaurus - Wikipedia
Stegosaurus (/ ˌ s t ɛ ɡ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; [2] lit. ' roof-lizard ') is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.
Stegosaurus - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Stegosaurus (gr. "lagarto con tejado" o "lagarto cubierto" [1] ), castellanizado como estegosaurio, es un género con tres, probablemente cuatro, especies conocidas de dinosaurios tireóforos estegosáuridos, que vivieron a finales del período Jurásico, hace aproximadamente entre 156 y 144 millones de años, entre el Kimmeridgiense y el ...
Stegosaurus | Description, Size, Plates, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月11日 · Stegosaurus, one of the various plated dinosaurs (Stegosauria) of the Late Jurassic Period (159 million to 144 million years ago) recognizable by its spiked tail and series of large triangular bony plates along the back. The forelimbs were much shorter than the hind limbs, which gave the back an arched appearance.
Stegosauria - Wikipedia
The most derived Jurassic stegosaurians are known from North-America: Stegosaurus (perhaps several species thereof) and the somewhat older Hesperosaurus. Stegosaurus was quite large (some specimens indicate a length of at least seven metres), had high plates, no shoulder spine, and a short, deep rump.
The iconic Stegosaurus: from its trademark plates to the spiky tail
2023年8月21日 · The Stegosaurus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs to ever roam the planet. You might remember it from your childhood, that imposing creature with double rows of large, flat plates...
World’s most complete Stegosaurus: Q&A with a dinosaur expert
Stegosaurus shared the land with a lot of other famous dinosaurs. Giant sauropods like Diplodocus and Camarasaurus , smaller herbivores like Camptosaurus , and predators including Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus .
Stegosauria: a historical review of the body fossil record and ...
2010年9月7日 · New discoveries are improving our understanding of stegosaur biology and showing that stegosaurs were more morphologically diverse than was previously realized. A new phylogeny, which includes all valid stegosaurian taxa, largely agrees with previous studies and shows the European Dacentrurinae was sister taxon to Stegosaurus.
Stegosaur | Plated Dinosaur, Herbivore, Jurassic | Britannica
stegosaur, any of the plated dinosaur species, including Stegosaurus and Tuojiangosaurus of the Late Jurassic period (about 161 million to 146 million years ago) and Wuerhosaurus of the Early Cretaceous (about 146 million to 100 million years ago). Stegosaurs were four-legged herbivores that reached a maximum length of about 9 metres (30 feet).
Stegosaurus - Natural History Museum
A large, slow moving plant-eater, Stegosaurus would have defended itself from predators like Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus with its powerful spiked tail. The bony plates along its back were embedded in the skin of the animal, not attached to its skeleton, which is why in most fossil finds the plates are separated from the body.
Stegosaurus - National Geographic Kids
Stegosaurus is famous for its two rows of kite-shaped plates that stick out from its neck, back, and tail. But the paleontologist who first discovered a Stegosaurus fossil thought the plates...