What Does Stegosaurus Mean?
Stegosaurus Is the Only of the Largest Genera of Herbivorous, Four-Legged, Thyreophoran from the Late Jurassic, Characterized by the Distinctive Kite-Shaped...
Stegosaurus is the only of the largest genera of herbivorous, four-legged, thyreophoran from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.
What does the stegosaurus name mean?
Scientific Name: Stegosaurus stenops, meaning "roof lizard" or "plated lizard" Time Period: 156-146 million years ago, Late Jurassic.
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What does Stegosaurus mean in Greek?
stegosaurus (n.)
type of plant-eating dinosaur, 1892, from Modern Latin order name Stegosauria (O.C. Marsh, 1877), from Greek stegos "a roof" (related to stege "covering," stegein "to cover," from PIE root *(s)teg- "to cover" + -saurus. The back-armor plates in the fossilized remains look like roof tiles.
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