Species
Valid Extinct

Stegosaurus stenops

(Marsh 1887)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
Eurypoda Unranked clade
Stegosauria Unranked clade
Stegosauridae Family
Neostegosauria Unranked clade
Stegosaurinae Subfamily
Stegosaurus Genus
Stegosaurus stenops Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
9
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
8
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1887. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part IX. The skull and dermal armor of Stegosaurus. American Journal of Science 34:413-417 DOI ↗
Bibliography (7)
C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
K. Carpenter. 1997. Cañon City. Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
J. B. Smith. 1997. Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
B. Brown. 1932. A spine-armored saurian of the past. Natural History 32(6):493-496
C. W. Gilmore. 1914. Osteology of the armored Dinosauria in the United States National Museum, with special reference to the genus Stegosaurus. United States National Museum Bulletin 89:1-136 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1887. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part IX. The skull and dermal armor of Stegosaurus. American Journal of Science 34:413-417 DOI ↗