Dinosaur: Kentrosaurus aethiopicus

Jurassic: 154.8–145 Ma

TRIASSIC

JURASSIC

CRETACEOUS

252

201

145

Type: Stegosaur

*Length:**	5.7 m	18.7 ft
*Weight:**	1.2 tons	2,646 lb

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Africa

Period

Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Hennig
Year: 1915

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Mtwara
Formation: Tendaguru

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Stegosauria
Stegosauridae

Sources

Material: Several dozen individuals.
References: Maidment, S. C. R., Norman, D. B., Barrett, P. M., & Upchurch, P. (2008). Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia).

Locations

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