stegosaurus

Jurassic armored reptile

A stegosaurus is a large herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period, characterized by a double row of bony plates along its back and spikes on its tail.

It had a tiny brain relative to its body size, which has made it a byword for stupidity: He's got the IQ of a stegosaurus.

defense

spikes

Sharp metal protrusions

  • tailRear animal appendage
  • swingSuspended recreational seat
  • weaponryMilitary equipment collectively

plates · armored · protection · defensive · predator · threat · display · thermoregulation · intimidation

anatomy

plates

Flat eating dishes

caudal · skeletal · skull · beak · limbs · hindlimbs · forelimbs · posture · gait · brain

Jurassic

Mesozoic

Age of Reptiles

Brachiosaurus · gymnosperms · cycads · conifers · paleoecology

paleontology

fossil

Preserved ancient organism

Cope · reconstruction · museum · specimen · quarry · stratigraphy · sediment · coprolite · petrified · dig

taxonomy

Stegosauria

Plate-backed dinosaur group

  • reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
  • archosaurRuling reptile clade member
  • cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group

genus · species · classification · phylogeny

herbivore

grazing

Feeding on pasture

cycads · conifers · foraging · plants · paleobotany · herbivorous · digestion · gut

culture

Fantasia

Imaginative musical composition

model · illustration · documentary · Jurassic Park · icon · reconstruction · paleoart · popular · recognizable · silhouette

Categories
Opposites
dietary role/predation

stegosaurusvelociraptor

Small feathered Cretaceous predator

theropod · apex predator · carnivore · predator · hunter

geologic period

stegosaurustriceratops

Three-horned prehistoric reptile

ankylosaurus · hadrosaur

body plan/defensive strategy

stegosaurusVelociraptor

Fast predatory dinosaur genus

Gallimimus · raptor

Family

stegosauruses, stegosaur, stegosaurs

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G