-
defensive weapons.
Later species,
belonging to a
subgroup called the
Stegosauridae,
became larger, and
developed long
hindlimbs that no
longer allowed...
- of
Stegosaurus from the
North American Morrison Formation within the
Stegosauridae.
Fossils of K.
aethiopicus have been
found only in the
Tendaguru Formation...
-
majority of
stegosaurian dinosaurs thus far
recovered belong to the
Stegosauridae,
which lived in the
later part of the Jur****ic and
early Cretaceous...
-
sheath of a
stegosaurian back plate.
Hesperosaurus was a
member of the
Stegosauridae,
quadrupedal plant-eaters
protected by
vertical bony
plates and spikes...
- ****igned to Anthodon. In 1882,
Othniel Charles Marsh ****igned
Anthodon to
Stegosauridae based on BMNH 47338, and in 1890,
Richard Lydekker found that although...
- †Huayangosauridae (small
stegosaurs with
flank osteoderms and tail clubs) †
Stegosauridae (large stegosaurs) †Ankylosauria (scutes as
primary armor) †Parankylosauria...
- et al. (2024)
recovered Thyreosaurus as
dacentrurine member of the
Stegosauridae, as the
sister taxon to Dacentrurus.
These species are in turn sister...
- of the tail,
angled at
approximately 45 degrees to the vertical. In
stegosauridae, this
spike arrangement has
become affectionately known as the "thagomizer"...
-
predators by
generating high-speed strikes.
Miragaia was
placed in the
Stegosauridae in 2009.
Mateus and
colleagues performed a
phylogenetic analysis and...
- preoccupied. In the
twentieth century Dacentrurus was
usually ****igned to the
Stegosauridae. In 1957,
Robert Hoffstetter thought that
Dacentrurus was more derived...
