Dinosaur: Stegosaurus stenops
| Length*: | 8 m | 26.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 3.8 tons | 8,378 lb |
| Speed: | 26 km/h | 16 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Marsh
Year: 1887
Area: North America, Europe
Country: USA, Portugal
Region: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
Formation: Morrison, Alcobaça
Classification
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Stegosauria
Stegosauridae
Stegosaurinae
Other
Material: At least several dozen individuals (skulls and skeletons).
References: Maidment, S.C.R., Brassey, C., Barrett, P.M. (2015). "The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming.Maidment, S. C. R., Norman, D. B., Barrett, P. M., & Upchurch, P. (2008). Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia).
