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you can never know what it was like, because you can't even prove stegosaurus' existed!!!!!!!!!
ya they lives in forest and there was no grass when Dion's lived!!!!!!!
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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.
What type of dinosaur is a stegosaurus?
Tetrapod refers to any terrestrial vertebrate. That includes amphibians like frogs, reptiles like dinosaurs, including Stegosaurus, birds, and mammals, including humans.
What kind of home did stegosaurus us have?
Stegosaurus was 23 to 30 feet long. Large animals like that don't usually have dwellings, and they don't use caves. Stegosaurus was probably the same. Their habitat was a semi-arid subtropical plain with distinct wet and dry seasons. Near rivers, there were forests of conifers, cycads, ginkgoes, ferns, and horsetails. Further from the rivers there were open areas covered in ferns with scattered trees. It is believed that Stegosaurus preferred the drier fern fields.
Where do scientists think the Stegosaurus live?
Scientists believe that the natural habitat of the Stegosaurus was the area that now makes up modern day Europe and western North America. The dinosaur lived during the late Jurassic period.
What is the scientific name of a Stegosaurus?
There are four currently accepted species in the genus Stegosaurus. They are Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, and Stegosaurus longispinus.
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.
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.
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.
Does a stegosaurus like living with other animals?
yes
Did the stegosaurus give live?
No, Stegosaurus did not give birth to live young. Like all dinosaurs, Stegosaurus laid hard shelled eggs, and they probably incubated the eggs in nests made of rotting vegetation. Stegosaurus did raise their young, as evidenced by fossilized footprints.
Is the stegosaurus female or male?
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.
Which everyday animal is a stegosaurus like?
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.
