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Dinosaur: Stegosaurus ungulatus
| Length*: | 9.3 m | 30.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 6 t | 13,228 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Early Tithonian
Years: 149.2–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid /S > Stegosaurus stenops
Author: Marsh
Year: 1879
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Wyoming
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: Several individuals ? (problematic all material may belong to Stegosaurus stenops).
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.
