Genus
Valid Extinct

Kentrosaurus

Hennig 1915
Etymology Reptile à pointes

Kentrosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania. The type species is K. aethiopicus, named and described by German palaeontologist Edwin Hennig in 1915. Often thought to be a "primitive" member of the Stegosauria, several recent cladistic analyses find it as more derived than many other stegosaurs, and a close relative of Stegosaurus from the North American Morrison Formation within the Stegosauridae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
27
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Kentrosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Neostegosauria Unranked clade
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Dacentrurinae Subfamily
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Kentrosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
5,7 m ⓘ
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
4,5 m ⓘ
Mass
1 200 kg ⓘ
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
1 000 kg ⓘ
Fossil sites 27 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
27
Geological formations
Tendaguru
27
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
24
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
2
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus 162 Ma
Synonyms (2)
Doryphorosaurus subjective synonym of Kentrosaurus
Kentrurosaurus subjective synonym of Kentrosaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Hennig. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus der Stegosauride des Tendaguru [Kentrosaurus aethiopicus the stegosaurid from Tendaguru]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915:219-247
Bibliography (5)
W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. The taphonomy of dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) based on field sketches of the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 28:25-61 DOI ↗
E. Hennig. 1936. Ein dentale con Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus Hennig [A dentary of Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus Hennig]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):309-312
F. W. H. Migeod. 1927. The dinosaurs of Tendaguru. Journal of the Royal African Society 26(104):323-340 DOI ↗
E. Hennig. 1925. Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. Die Stegosaurier-Funde vom Tendaguru, Deutsch-Ostafrika [Kentrurosaurus aethiopicus. The stegosaur discovery from Tendaguru, German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 1(2):101-254
E. Hennig. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus der Stegosauride des Tendaguru [Kentrosaurus aethiopicus the stegosaurid from Tendaguru]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915:219-247