Stegosaurus was a dinosaur, which would put it in the class reptilia. Some, however, have proposed moving dinosaurs to their own class.
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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.
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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.
The stegosaurus can be both male or female, it is not a single animal it is an entire species like the T-rex or Aptasaurus.
There are no animals today that resemble Stegosaurus. That is one reason why it is so difficult to figure out what their plates were used for.
Yes, Stegosaurus was a prey animal. 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 had predators too, though. Carnivorous dinosaurs large enough to hunt adult Stegosaurus include Ceratosaurus, Torvosaurus, Allosaurus, Epanterias, and Saurophaganax.
There are four currently accepted species in the genus Stegosaurus. They are Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, and Stegosaurus longispinus.
Othniel Charles Marsh named Stegosaurus in 1877. Its fossils were discovered near Morrison, Colorado shortly before that. Originally, he thought that Stegosaurus was an aquatic, turtle like animal until more specimens were discovered.
The remains of about 80 different Stegosaurus have been discovered. They belong to four different species, Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, and Stegosaurus longispinus.
Stegosaurus was a stegosaurid dinosaur. Stegosaurs belong to the clade Thyreophora, which in turn belongs to the order Ornithischia, or bird hipped dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are archosaurian reptiles, and reptiles are a class of vertebrate animals.