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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.

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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.


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.


What animal is a stegosaurus?

Its a dinosaur.


What kind of animal was stegosaurus?

A dinosaur


What are some animal names in Navajo?

I am a Stegosaurus lily


Who discovered stegosaurus?

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.


Is a stegosaurus a prey?

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.


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 class of animal is a stegosaurus in?

Stegosaurus was a dinosaur, which would put it in the class reptilia. Some, however, have proposed moving dinosaurs to their own class.


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 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.