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Kentrosaurus
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Kentrosaurus was a slow-moving herbivore (plant-eater) that lived
in Africa during the late Jurassic period,
about 156 to 150 million years ago.
It was about 16 feet (4.9 meters) long, and weighed around 2 tons.
Kentrosaurus may have been slow-moving, but it was well protected from predators
by its armor.
Its back was covered with a double row of triangular bony plates on each
side of the backbone. At the rear, the plates were then replaced with pairs
of sharp spikes, about 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, that went from the lower
back down to the tip of the tail. There was also a pair on extra long
spikes on the hips.
Kentrosaurus was one of the
Fossils
brought back from the
1909-1912
German expedition to East Africa.
Edwin Henning, who was one of the paleontologists on this expedition, published
the first full description of Kentosaurus in
1915.
A nearly complete skeleton of Kentrosaurus once stood in the Humboldt
Museum in the University of
Berlin, however, unfortunately, this was
lost as a result of bombing during World War II.
Although it usually believed that Kentrosaurus died out millions of years
ago,
there are some cryptozoologists (people who search for
rumored or mythical animals whose existence is uncertain) have suggested
that "Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu", an animal claimed to be known
to villagers in the Northern part of the Republic of Congo,
might just be a living Kentrosaurus.
However, as yet, there does not seem to be any
definitive proof of this.
For more information see
Living Dinosaurs?
Kentrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 156 to 150 million years ago
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Kentrosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Kentrosaurus:
- Kentrosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Kentrosaurus" means "pointed lizard".
- Kentrosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Kentrosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Kentrosaurus lived between about 156 million years ago and 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.
- Kentrosaurus lived in Africa.
- Kentrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Kentrosaurus was about 16 feet (4.9 meters) long.
- Kentrosaurus weighed about 2 tons.
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stegosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Stegosauria, Stegosaurus in Popular Culture, Thagomizer, Huayangosaurus, Miragaia, Tuojiangosaurus, Dacentrurus, Wuerhosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus, Hesperosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Chungkingosaurus, Lexovisaurus, Regnosaurus, Loricatosaurus, Yingshanosaurus, Monkonosaurus, Craterosaurus, Jiangjunosaurus, Changdusaurus, Paranthodon, Stegopodus. Excerpt: "Changdusaurus" (also known as "Changtusaurus") is the informal name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. It lived in what is now present-day China . "Changdusaurus" is classified as a stegosaurid . The type species was named "Changdusaurus laminoplacodus" by Zhao in 1986, but it has never been formally described, and remains a nomen nudum . One source indicates the fossils have been lost. References (URLs online) Chao S., 1983. "Phylogeny and Evolutionary Stages of Dinosauria," Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 28(1/2): 295-306 Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Chialingosaurus Fossil range: 160 Ma Pre O S D C P T J K Pg N Chialingosaurus (meaning "Chialing Lizard") is a genus of stegosaur similar to Kentrosaurus from the Upper Shaximiao Formation, Late Jurassic beds in Sichuan Province in China . Its age makes it one of the oldest species of stegosaurs, living about 160 million years ago. Since it was an herbivore, scientists think that Chialingosaurus probably ate ferns and cycads , which were plentiful during the period when Chialingosaurus was alive. Its name is taken from the Chialing River in southern China. Perhaps growing up to four metres long and weighing just 150 kg, much less than other later stegosaurs. Discovery and species Chialingosaurus was collected by the geologist Kuan in 1957, in Quxian County. The dinosaur was named by paleontologist ... |
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Kapitel: Stegosaurus, Stegosauria, Anabisetia, Heterodontosauridae, Iguanodontia, Kentrosaurus, Muttaburrasaurus, Macrogryphosaurus, Agilisaurus, Scelidosaurus, Dacentrurus, Tenontosaurus, Camptosaurus, Ouranosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus, Hesperosaurus, Emausaurus, Dryosaurus, Oryctodromeus, Thescelosaurus, Huayangosaurus, Wuerhosaurus, Marginocephalia, Gigantspinosaurus, Lexovisaurus, Thyreophora, Leaellynasaura, Miragaia, Ornithopoda, Hypsilophodontidae, Aragosaurus, Dravidosaurus, Chungkingosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Echinodon, Pisanosaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Altirhinus, Lesothosaurus, Bienosaurus, Jiangjunosaurus, Eurypoda, Othnielia, Tatisaurus, Cerapoda, Abrictosaurus, Paranthodon, Regnosaurus, Atlascopcosaurus, Drinker, Monkonosaurus, Parksosaurus, Craterosaurus, Fabrosaurus, Fabrosauridae. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Aragosaurus (meaning "Aragon lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Galve, Teruel, in the province of Aragón, Spain. Aragosaurus was a large, quadrupedal plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaur, which lived about 130-120 million years ago, in the Hauterivian-Barremian. It was about 60 ft (18 m) in length and about 28000 kg in weight. Like other sauropods, it had a long neck, a long powerful tail, a small head and a bulky body. It was broadly similar to Camarasaurus. It is represented by a partial fossil, which was found in Spain and was named by Sanz, Buscalioni, Casanovi and Santafe in 1987. The type species is A. ischiaticus. Like Camarasaurus, Aragosaurus probably had a short, compact skull and a moderately long neck. The teeth were large and wide, and would have been useful for slicing through the leaves and branches of tall conifer trees. The forelimbs were only a little shorter than the hind limbs, and the tail was long and muscular. ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de |
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Kapitel: Stegosaurus, Stegosauria, Anabisetia, Heterodontosauridae, Iguanodontia, Kentrosaurus, Muttaburrasaurus, Macrogryphosaurus, Agilisaurus, Scelidosaurus, Dacentrurus, Tenontosaurus, Camptosaurus, Ouranosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus, Hesperosaurus, Emausaurus, Dryosaurus, Oryctodromeus, Thescelosaurus, Huayangosaurus, Wuerhosaurus, Marginocephalia, Gigantspinosaurus, Lexovisaurus, Thyreophora, Leaellynasaura, Miragaia, Ornithopoda, Hypsilophodontidae, Aragosaurus, Dravidosaurus, Chungkingosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Echinodon, Pisanosaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Altirhinus, Lesothosaurus, Bienosaurus, Jiangjunosaurus, Eurypoda, Othnielia, Tatisaurus, Cerapoda, Abrictosaurus, Paranthodon, Regnosaurus, Atlascopcosaurus, Aepisaurus, Drinker, Monkonosaurus, Parksosaurus, Craterosaurus, Fabrosaurus, Fabrosauridae. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Aragosaurus (meaning "Aragon lizard") was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Galve, Teruel, in the province of Aragón, Spain. Aragosaurus was a large, quadrupedal plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaur, which lived about 130-120 million years ago, in the Hauterivian-Barremian. It was about 60 ft (18 m) in length and about 28000 kg in weight. Like other sauropods, it had a long neck, a long powerful tail, a small head and a bulky body. It was broadly similar to Camarasaurus. It is represented by a partial fossil, which was found in Spain and was named by Sanz, Buscalioni, Casanovi and Santafe in 1987. The type species is A. ischiaticus. Like Camarasaurus, Aragosaurus probably had a short, compact skull and a moderately long neck. The teeth were large and wide, and would have been useful for slicing through the leaves and branches of tall conifer trees. The forelimbs were only a little shorter than the hind limbs, and the tail was long and muscular. ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de |
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