Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus meaning "roof-lizard", because of the plates on its back (Greek stego = plate/roof + sauros = lizard) was a genus of large… More »
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; DIET; Some dinosaurs were carnivores (meat-eaters) but most were herbivores (plant-eaters). This is true for all animal populations. Girth - Gut size is also an indicator of diet. Large plant eaters need a lot of calories to sustain their mass. In order to get sufficient energy from plant matter, a lot of...
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; Stegosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that had plates running along its back and long spikes on its tail. This stegosaurid dinosaur lived during Diet: Stegosaurus was an herbivore (a plant-eater) that ate low-lying plants. It must have eaten a large amount of low-calorie plant material each day to sustain itself.
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Stegosaurus; (pronounced STEG-oh-SAWR-us) Meaning of Name Covered Lizard or Roof Lizard Lived Late Jurassic Period; Diet plant eater; Locomotion walked slowly on four legs...
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Diet. Stegosaurus tooth diagram. Stegosaurus and related genera were herbivores. However, they adopted a feeding strategy different from...
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Ideas about Stegosaurus's diet, too, have changed over the years. At first, it was thought that the animal had weak teeth and that it used to feed only on...
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A site about a stegosaurus for younger children. Welcome to Stegosaurus On-Line !! The official Stegosaurus website. Ask any dinosaur !
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The stegosaurus was one of a family of massive armored dinosaurs that lived 170 million years ago. Diet: Vegetation. Habit: Lived in herds.
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The other weapon of Stegosaurus probably was armor-like scutes; (small osicles) on the skin of the throat and the hips. TIME - 156 - 145 MYA, Late Jurassic period. RANGE - Wyoming, Utah, Colorado. DIET - Herbivorous (plants);
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STEGOSAURUS; Almost everyone is familiar with the Stegosaurus, a four-legged herbivore from the Mid-Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous time. Its two rows of bony plates and tail spikes probably provided it much protection against large predators like Tyrannosaurus rex.
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