Stegosaurus
extinct genus of ornithischian dinosaurs (Ornithischia)
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Summary
Stegosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Stegosaurus ranks in the top 0.18% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,006 views/month, #17 of 9,701).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Stegosaurinae[4]
- Location of discovery: Morrison Formation[5], United States[6]
- Taxon name: Stegosaurus[7]
- Commons category: Stegosaurus[8]
- Start time: -155000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
- End time: -150000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stegosaurus[11]
- Commons gallery: Stegosaurus[12]
- Main food source: herbivore[13]
- Taxon common name: Στεγόσαυρος[14], Stégosaure[15], סטגוזאור[16], ステゴサウルス[17], Stegozauras[18], Stegozaur[19], Estegossauro[20], Стегозавр[21], 劍龍屬[22], स्टेगोसौरस[23]
- Length: 9 m[24]
- Height: 3 m[25]
- Mass: 7 tonne[26]
- Time period: Late Jurassic[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
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Identifiers
Stegosaurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 473673[29]. Stegosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52570674[30]. Stegosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 230581[31].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Stegosaurus include 9880 Stegosaurus[32], an asteroid[33].
Why It Matters
Stegosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Stegosaurus is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for Stegosaurus include 9880 Stegosaurus[32], an asteroid[33].