Kentrosaurus
| Kentrosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
| |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Superorder: | |
| Order: | |
| Suborder: | |
| Infraorder: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Kentrosaurus
|
Kentrosaurus was a stegosaurian, whose intelligence was low among the dinosaurs. Kentrosaurus fossils have been found in Tendaguru in Tanzania, Africa.
Life
- Plant eater.
- Very small head with a tiny brain and toothless beak.
- A double row of flat, bony plates halfway along its back, from its neck to the midsection.
- A double row of spikes along its back, from its midsection to the tip of its tail, and a pair of shoulder spikes.
- Walked on four legs, but the back legs were longer than its front legs.
Description
Kentrosaurus was an herbivorous ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur, belonging to the group Thyreophora and the Stegosauria (four-legged, bulky-bodied dinosaurs with a double row of plates and or spikes, which included Stegosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and others).
Other websites
Media related to Kentrosaurus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Kentrosaurus at Wikispecies