Dacentrurus armatus - European Dinosaurs
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(da-sen-true-russ)
"very spiky tail"
Describer Lucas, 1902
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Type of Species
Order Ornithischia
SubOrder Thyreophora
InfraOrder Stegosauria
Micro-Order --
Family Stegosauridae
Size 15 feet (4.6 meters) long
Period Late Jurassic 150 million years ago
Fossilsite England France Portugal Spain
Diet Herbivore
Dacentrurus was a large stegosaur of the late Jurassic Period about 150 million years ago. This dinosaur had the same general proportions as the 25 foot long Stegosaurus, t had paired triangular plates down its spine, with four pairs of spikes on the end of the tail. This configuration closely resembles that of its relative, Kentrosaurus. A possible Dacentrurus egg was discovered in Portugal.
