What did the stegosaurus eat?

Answer 1

This plated dinosaur was an herbivore (it ate only plants). It must have eaten a large amount of calorie plant material each day to sustain its bulk, probably using its toothless beak to get food. There is debate on whether or not Stegosaurus could rear up on its rear legs to forage for vegetation. If it couldn't rear up, it was limited mostly to plants no taller than about 3 feet (1 m) tall. This would have included ferns, smaller club mosses, cycads, horsetails, and bushy conifers.

Answer 2

Stegosaurus was an herbivorous dinosaur. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.

Answer 3

Stegosaurus was an herbivore, or plant eater. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.

Answer 4

Stegosaurus would have eaten low growing plants. Because flowering plants did not exist at the time that Stegosaurus lived, they would have eaten ferns and horsetails, and possibly browsed on the lower parts of conifer trees and cycads.

Answer 5

Stegosaurus was an herbivorous dinosaur. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.

Answer 6

Baby Stegosaurus would have made an easy meal for almost any carnivorous dinosaur, even small ones like Ornitholestes. However, Stegosaurus lived in herds and the parents would have done their best to protect the youngsters. Adult Stegosaurus did have predators, though. Carnivorous dinosaurs large enough to hunt adult Stegosaurus include Ceratosaurus, Torvosaurus, Allosaurus, Epanterias, and Saurophaganax.

Answer 7

they eat plants because their plant eaters

Answer 8

stegosaurus was an herbivore that ate a wide variety of plants, ferns, smaller club mosses, cycads, horsetails, and bushy conifers.

Answer 9

Stegosaurus was an herbivore. Because its head was low to the ground, it was restricted to eating low growing vegetation. Such plants may have included ferns.