Genre
Valide Éteint

Alcovasaurus

Galton and Carpenter 2016

Alcovasaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaurs that lived in the Late Jurassic. It was found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, Alcovasaurus longispinus, originally assigned to the genus Stegosaurus. It is likely a member of the Dacentrurinae, and has been referred to the genus Miragaia by some authors.

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Plage temporelle
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Occurrences PBDB
0
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Alcovasaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Ornithischia Clade non classé
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Parapredentata Clade non classé
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Saphornithischia Clade non classé
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Prionodontia Clade non classé
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Genasauria Clade non classé
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Thyreophora Clade non classé
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamille
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Eurypoda Clade non classé
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Stegosauria Clade non classé
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Stegosauridae Famille
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Neostegosauria Clade non classé
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Dacentrurinae Sous-famille
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Alcovasaurus Genre
Mesures
Longueur
6,1 m ⓘ
Alcovasaurus longispinus
Masse
1 500 kg ⓘ
Alcovasaurus longispinus
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Bibliographie
Description originale
P. M. Galton and K. Carpenter. 2016. The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 279(2):185-208 DOI ↗