Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus was a stegosaurian, whose intelligence was low among the dinosaurs. Kentrosaurus fossils have been found in Tendaguru in Tanzania, Africa.
| Kentrosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
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| Genus: | Kentrosaurus
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Life
- Plant eater.
- Very small head with a tiny brain and toothless beak.
- A double row of flat, bony plates halfway along its back, from its neck to the midsection.
- A double row of spikes along its back, from its midsection to the tip of its tail, and a pair of shoulder spikes.
- Walked on four legs, but the back legs were longer than its front legs.
Description
Kentrosaurus was an herbivorous ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur, belonging to the group Thyreophora and the Stegosauria (four-legged, bulky-bodied dinosaurs with a double row of plates and or spikes, which included Stegosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and others).
Kentrosaurus Media
Outdated skeletal mount (lectotype and paralectotypes), Museum für Naturkunde. This mount was erected in 1925 and was disassembled in 2006. In 2007 it was reassembled with a slightly altered posture
Lateral view of a skeleton on display at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Life reconstruction of Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
K. aethiopicus with a human based on Scott Hartman's skeletal.
Braincase of Kentrosaurus in lateral view.
Skull and neck of the Berlin mount
A dorsal (back) vertebra of Kentrosaurus in lateral and anterior views.
Sacrum of Kentrosaurus in ventral view.
Lectotype, partial individual from excavation 'St' at Kindope, Tendaguru, Tanzania
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Other websites
Media related to Kentrosaurus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Kentrosaurus at Wikispecies