Describer

Gilmore, 1914

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian

Classification

Ornithischia Thyreophora Stegosauria Stegosauridae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Morrison Formation, ?Utah, Wyoming, US

Fall Under

Stegosaurus

Length

7 meter

Info

Stegosaurus (Marsh, 1877) = Diracodon (Marsh, 1881)

Stegosaurus > Stegosaurus armatus (Marsh, 1877) >> Stegosaurus ungulatus (Marsh, 1879) Stegosaurus sulcatus (Marsh, 1887) Stegosaurus duplex (Marsh, 1887) Hypsirhophus seeleyanus (Cope, 1879)

Stegosaurus > Stegosaurus stenops (Marsh, 1887) >> Diracodon laticeps (Marsh, 1881)

Stegosaurus > Stegosaurus longispinus (Gilmore, 1914)

Fragmentary postcranial skeleton, adult Stegosaurus longispinus (length approimately 7m) is characterized by two pairs of very elongate tailspines, the basis on which are subequal rather that the proximal pair having a much larger base. Some scientist think Stegosaurus longispinus possibly belonged to Kentrosaurus.