Stegosauria

E951427
dinosaur clade ornithischian dinosaur group

Stegosauria is a group of herbivorous, plated dinosaurs characterized by rows of bony plates along their backs and spiked tails, best known from the Late Jurassic period.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Stegosauria indet. 1
Stegosauridae 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur clade ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaur group ⓘ
belongsToClade Genasauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thyreophora NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsFamousMember Stegosaurus GENERATED ⓘ
containsMember Chungkingosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dacentrurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huayangosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kentrosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miragaia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuojiangosaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTaxon Huayangosauridae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stegosauridae NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensiveAdaptation tail spikes ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole medium to large-bodied herbivore ⓘ
firstAppearance Middle Jurassic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic heavy body armor ⓘ
leaf-shaped cheek teeth ⓘ
narrow, pointed skull ⓘ
rows of dorsal bony plates ⓘ
short forelimbs compared to hindlimbs ⓘ
small head relative to body size ⓘ
spiked tail (thagomizer) ⓘ
knownFromFossilRecord Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastAppearance Early Cretaceous ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
namedBy Othniel Charles Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
possibleFunctionOfPlates display ⓘ
species recognition ⓘ
thermoregulation ⓘ
primaryFood low-growing vegetation ⓘ
subclassOf Archosauria ⓘ
Avemetatarsalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ornithischia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tetrapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thyreophora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vertebrata NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ
infraorder ⓘ
temporalRange Early Cretaceous ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ
Middle Jurassic ⓘ
typeOf armored dinosaur ⓘ
yearNamed 1877 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stegosaurus → infraorder → Stegosauria ⓘ
Stegosaurus → family → Stegosauria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stegosauridae
Tendaguru Formation → yieldedFossil → Stegosauria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stegosauria indet.
Ornithischia → containsGroup → Stegosauria ⓘ