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Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887 - stegosaur dinosaur dorsal plate from the Jurassic of Utah, USA. (DNM 1105, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA)

Stegosaurs were herbivorous, quadrupedal dinosaurs having a small head, a series of dorsal plates, and defensive spikes at the tip of the tail. Juveniles were bipedal (known from footprint evidence).

Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae

Stratigraphy: Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian Stage, Upper Jurassic, ~150 to 156 Ma (possibly the Carnegie Quarry Sandstone of the Brushy Basin Member)

Locality: unspecified, but possibly the Carnegie Quarry, Dinosaur National Monument, northern Uintah County, northeastern Utah, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosauria" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosauria</a> and

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument</a>
Date Taken on 9 June 2012, 13:16
Source Stegosaurus stenops (stegosaur dinosaur dorsal plate) (Morrison Formation, Upper Jurassic; Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA)
Author James St. John

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