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Stegosaurus Dinosaur
Stegosaurs lived about 150 million years ago in the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Period. The first fossil was discovered by Professor Othniel Marsh in 1877. The large, bony plates he found on its back reminded him of roof tiles - so the name he gave it means 'roofed lizard'.
Stegosaurus Fast Facts
You pronounce their name 'steg-uh-sawr-us'.
The meaning of Stegosaurus is 'roofed lizard'.
Stegosaurus had brains the size of ping pong balls.
Their length was up to 9 meters (30 feet)
They were 4 meters (14 feet) tall.
They weighed 2 tons (about an average American car).
Some of the bony plates of this dinosaur can be very large - over 1 meter (3 feet) high. Scientist are not sure how how the plates lay - or what they were for. Some believe they were for defence, but others that they may have acted as a way of controlling temperature.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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