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Originally, it was thought that the plates were used as armor. However, if this is the case, they still left the sides unprotected.
They may have been used to keep the animal cool, or to make them look larger to potential threats or each other.
They may even have been used as a ay for stegosaurs to recognize each other.
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∙ 11y agoStegosaurus had 17 plates on its back. The plates were in two rows on its back, but they were not symmetrical. One plate would be on the left side, and the plate on the right would be somewhat behind it, and the next plate on the left would be behind that.
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∙ 11y agoYes It Did. Just to scare off predators though. It have Blood Vessels in them so they glowed red which might have scared predators.
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∙ 10y agoTwo plates.
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Does Stegosaurus have plates?
No one knows why Stegosaurus had plates...
Are stegosaurus back plates are attached with his bones?
Stegosaurus plates aren't attached to the skeleton. They are connected to the Stegosaurus via the skin.
Why do triceratops have the plates on their backs?
I don't think that triceratops had plates on their backs. It was the stegosaurus which had plates. The plates made the stegosaurus difficult to be eaten.
Why is Stegosaurus's plate sometimes called its armor?
The function of Stegosaurus's plates is not known. One theory is that the plates were a sort of armor, and that is why they are often called a Stegosaurus's armor.
Does the stegosaurus have plates?
yes it does it has plates on its back and spikes on its tail
Which dino has plates in back?
Stegosaurus had plates down it's back
When did stegosaurus get its name?
When Othniel Charles Marsh named Stegosaurus in 1877, he believed that the plates laid on Stegosaurus's sides like the shingles on a roof. That is why he called it Stegosaurus, meaning "roof lizard" in Greek. Now we know that the plates stood up vertically.
What is the name of a largeplant-eating dinosaur with triangular plates on its back?
That would describe the Stegosaurus a thyreophoran dinosaur.
Who named stegosaurus stegosaurus?
When Othniel Charles Marsh discovered Stegosaurus in 1877, he believed that the plates laid on Stegosaurus's sides like the shingles on a roof. That is why he called it Stegosaurus, meaning "roof lizard" in Greek. Now we know that the plates stood up vertically.
Why was the stegosaurus or 'roofed lizard' so called?
When Othniel Charles Marsh discovered Stegosaurus in 1877, he believed that the plates laid on Stegosaurus's sides like the shingles on a roof. That is why he called it Stegosaurus, meaning "roof lizard" in Greek. Now we know that the plates stood up vertically.
What is the dinosaur with bony plates on its back CALLED?
Stegosaurus???
What animal to day looks like stegosaurus?
There are no animals today that look anything like Stegosaurus. If there were, it might be easier to determine what Stegosaurus's plates were used for.
