Identified as a member of the species stegosaurus stenops, this spectacular specimen is helping researchers gain new insights into what stegosaurus would have looked like when it was alive, as well as how it walked, ate and behaved. Stegosaurus lived during the late jurassic period, around 155 to 150 million years ago, long before the tyrannosaurus rex Known for its distinctive plates and tail spikes, stegosaurus primarily roamed what is now north america, with some fossils found in portugal. But the paleontologist who first discovered a stegosaurus fossil thought the plates. Stegosaurus name consists of two greek words Stegosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur known for its unique plates and spikes
Discover its origins, key facts, and role in the late jurassic. The plates and spikes have been the subject of much speculation It is thought that the plates helped with thermoregulation while the spiked tail was for defense. Stegosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur that lived during the late jurassic period, about 155 to 150 million years ago The name “stegosaurus” means “roof lizard”, referring to the large bony plates that run along the animal’s back like a row of roof tiles.
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