Kentrosaurus Hennig 1915 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Synonyms: Doryphorosaurus Nopcsa 1916, Kentrorosaurus Hennig 1916, Kentrurosaurus Hennig 1916

Full reference: E. Hennig. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus der Stegosauride des Tendaguru [Kentrosaurus aethiopicus the stegosaurid from Tendaguru]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1915:219-247

Parent taxon: Stegosauria according to H. Mallison 2011

See also Anderson 1982, Blows 2001, Bonaparte 1986, Carpenter et al. 2001, Carroll 1988, Chakravarti 1934, Charig 1967, Delair 1973, Dong et al. 1983, Fischer 1970, Galton 1977, Galton 1980, Galton 1982, Galton 1990, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Hennig 1915, Hennig 1915, Hennig 1916, Hennig 1916, Hoffstetter 1957, Hoffstetter and Brun 1958, Kuhn 1964, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Mateus et al. 2009, Nopcsa 1928, Olshevsky and Ford 1993, Piveteau 1926, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Ulansky 2014, Young 1944, Young 1959, Zhou 1983 and Zhou 1986

Sister taxa: Adratiklit, Amargastegos, Bashanosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Chialingosaurus kuani, Craterosaurus, Deltapodus, Eoplophysis, Euscelosaurus, Ferganastegos, Garbina, Huayangosauridae, Huayangosaurus, Isaberrysaura, Lexovisaurus durobrivensis, Luluichnus, Monkonosaurus, Omosaurus leedsi, Paranthodon, Regnosaurus, Rigalitidae, Saldamosaurus, Stegopodus, Stegosauridae, Thyreosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus, Wuerhosaurus ordosensis

Subtaxa: Kentrosaurus aethiopicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Tanzania (27 collections)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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