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Name
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Kentrosaurus
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Meaning
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Spiked
Lizard
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Pronunciation
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ken-troh-sore-us
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Found
in
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Tendagura,
Tanzania
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Anatomy
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Its
small brain was the size of a walnut. Its skull was long and narrow, with
a toothless beak and small cheek teeth. Its head was carried close to the
ground. It had hoof-like claws on its toes.
A
pattern of spikes down the back, the frontal spikes are plate-like, which
gradually change to narrow spikes. There are tow spikes diagonally backward
from the pelvis. Since these were not attached to its bones, no one is
sure exactly how they were positioned.
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Length
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2.5
to 5 meters
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Height
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Weight
(mass)
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2
tons
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Locomotion
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Quadruped
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Food
preference
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Herbivore
(low-lying plants)
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Time
period
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Late
Jurassic (150-140 million years ago)
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Type
of hip
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Bird
hipped
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Dinosaur
group
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Stegosaurids
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Remains
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