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Stegosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur. It has been found in North America and Portugal, a country in Europe. Stegosaurs in general have been found in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not Australia, Antarctica, or South America.
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How can dinosaurs fossil are found on different continents?
Stegosaurus lived between 155 and 150 million years ago. By that point, the continents had broken apart, and the seas created barriers to land animals. Thus, Stegosaurus never spread to all the continents. Stegosaurus fossils are known from North America, and its relatives, the stegosaurs, have been found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What era does stegosaurus live in?
Like all dinosaurs, Stegosaurus lived in the Mesozoic era. It lived 150 million years ago. That was during the Jurassic period, the second period of the Mesozoic.
Did stegosaurus live in Africa?
Stegosaurus lived all over the globe like Western Europe,southern India,China and yes in southern Africa.
Were did stegosaurus live?
It lived on Earth
What were the stegosaurus preditors?
Stegosaurus lived during the late Jurassic in North America, about 150 million years ago. Only large theropods could have hunted Stegosaurus. Large theropods that lived alongside Stegosaurus include Allosaurus, Saurophaganax, Torvosaurus, and potentially Ceratosaurus (it might have been too small to hunt a Stegosaurus).
What can fossils tell us about stegosaurus?
how big they were and how they lived
Why did dinosaurs travel to all continents?
Dinosaurs first evolved during the Triassic, when all the continents were joined together. Hence, the spread to all continents. When the continents split apart, dinosaurs still lived on all of them.
Was it really muddy and gross everywhere when stegosaurus was around?
It was no more muddy or gross when Stegosaurus lived than it is today. In fact, Stegosaurus lived in a semi-arid plain with distinct wet and dry seasons. Except during the rainy season, there probably wasn't very much mud where Stegosaurus lived. However, there probably was a fair amount of dinosaur dung.
What is the stegosaurus epoch?
Stegosaurus lived between 155 and 150 million years ago. That was during the Upper Jurassic epoch.
What was stegosaurus behavior like?
We know very little about Stegosaurus behavior. What we do know is that they were herbivores, and that they lived in multi-aged herds with juveniles and adults. This suggests that Stegosaurus raised their offspring.
What is a sitta osaurus?
There is no animal called the sitta osaurus. There is however, a stegosaurus. A stegosaurus was a herbivore that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
What continent is not lived by animals?
All continents have animals, even Antarctica.
