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Stegosaurus was an armored herbivorous dinosaur with spiked tail and plates along its back. They lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago.

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John Smith

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Stegosaurus was an armored herbivorous dinosaur with spiked tail and plates along its back. They lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago.

Stegosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stegosaurus is a type of armored dinosaur. Their fossil bones have been found in rocks dated to the Late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian ages), between 155 to 150 million years ago, in the western United States and Portugal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus
10 Facts About Stegosaurus, the Spiked, Plated Dinosaur - About
Stegosaurus is one of the most familiar dinosaurs of the late Jurassic period, but how much do you really know about this plated plant-eater? Here are 10 fascinating facts about Stegosaurus.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/ss/10-Facts-About-Stegosaurus.htm
Stegosaurus: Facts about the Dinosaur with Bony Plates & Tiny Brain
Stegosaurus had large bony plates and a small walnut-sized brain. It is a media star, often appearing in movies, television and cartoons.
http://www.livescience.com/24184-stegosaurus-facts.html
Stegosaurus - Dinosaur Genus - Britannica
StegosaurusÂ (genusÂ Stegosaurus),Â 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.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus - ScienceViews
The Stegosaurus was a large, heavily built dinosaur that roamed the Late Jurassic on four legs.
http://scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/stegosaurus.html
Stegosaurus - Prehistoric-Wildlife
Information about the dinosaur Stegosaurus and other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/stegosaurus.html
What Male and Female Stegosaurus Looked Like - Discovery News
Male and female dinosaurs from the same species sported different looks.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/what-a-male-and-female-stegosaurus-looked-like-150422.htm
10 Spiky Facts About Stegosaurus - Mental Floss
Today we're saluting one of earth's most misunderstood dinosaurs.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57502/10-spiky-facts-about-stegosaurus
Stegosaurus - DinosaurFacts
Information on the Stegosaurus including pictures, facts, and a short biography.
http://www.dinosaurfacts.org/stegosaurus
World's Most Complete Stegosaurus Weighed the Same as a Rhino
Scientists at London's Natural History Museum, where 'Sophie' the Stegosaurus now resides, have revealed just how heavy she was when she died.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2977926/World-s-complete-Stegosaurus-weighed-RHINO.html

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Stegosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian), 155–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Aptian-Albian remains from the Hekou Group of China.^[1]

Mounted skeleton of S. stenops (nicknamed "Sophie"), Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Clade:	†Stegosauria
Family:	†Stegosauridae
Subfamily:	†Stegosaurinae
Genus:	†Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877
Type species
†Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887
Other species
†S. ungulatus Marsh, 1879 †S. sulcatus Marsh, 1887
Synonyms
Hypsirhophus? Cope, 1878 Diracodon Marsh, 1881

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Stegosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stegosaurus is a type of armored dinosaur. Their fossil bones have been found in rocks dated to the Late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian ages), between 155 to 150 million years ago, in the western United States and Portugal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus
10 Facts About Stegosaurus, the Spiked, Plated Dinosaur - About
Stegosaurus is one of the most familiar dinosaurs of the late Jurassic period, but how much do you really know about this plated plant-eater? Here are 10 fascinating facts about Stegosaurus.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/ss/10-Facts-About-Stegosaurus.htm
Stegosaurus: Facts about the Dinosaur with Bony Plates & Tiny Brain
Stegosaurus had large bony plates and a small walnut-sized brain. It is a media star, often appearing in movies, television and cartoons.
http://www.livescience.com/24184-stegosaurus-facts.html
Stegosaurus - Dinosaur Genus - Britannica
StegosaurusÂ (genusÂ Stegosaurus),Â 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.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus - ScienceViews
The Stegosaurus was a large, heavily built dinosaur that roamed the Late Jurassic on four legs.
http://scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/stegosaurus.html
Stegosaurus - Prehistoric-Wildlife
Information about the dinosaur Stegosaurus and other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/stegosaurus.html
What Male and Female Stegosaurus Looked Like - Discovery News
Male and female dinosaurs from the same species sported different looks.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/what-a-male-and-female-stegosaurus-looked-like-150422.htm
10 Spiky Facts About Stegosaurus - Mental Floss
Today we're saluting one of earth's most misunderstood dinosaurs.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57502/10-spiky-facts-about-stegosaurus
Stegosaurus - DinosaurFacts
Information on the Stegosaurus including pictures, facts, and a short biography.
http://www.dinosaurfacts.org/stegosaurus
World's Most Complete Stegosaurus Weighed the Same as a Rhino
Scientists at London's Natural History Museum, where 'Sophie' the Stegosaurus now resides, have revealed just how heavy she was when she died.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2977926/World-s-complete-Stegosaurus-weighed-RHINO.html

Stegosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian to Tithonian), 155–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Aptian-Albian remains from the Hekou Group of China.^[1]

Mounted skeleton of S. stenops (nicknamed "Sophie"), Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Clade:	†Stegosauria
Family:	†Stegosauridae
Subfamily:	†Stegosaurinae
Genus:	†Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877
Type species
†Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887
Other species
†S. ungulatus Marsh, 1879 †S. sulcatus Marsh, 1887
Synonyms
Hypsirhophus? Cope, 1878 Diracodon Marsh, 1881

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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