†subfamily Dacentrurinae Olshevsky and Ford 1993 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae

Alternative spelling: Dacentruridae

Full reference: G. Olshevsky and T. L. Ford. 1993. [The origin and evolution of the stegosaurs]. Dinosaur Frontline, Gakken Mook 4:64-103

Parent taxon: Neostegosauria according to S. Sánchez-Fenollosa and A. Cobos 2025

See also Blows 2001, Costa and Mateus 2019, Mateus et al. 2009, Olshevsky and Ford 1993 and Ulansky 2014

Sister taxon: Stegosaurinae

Subtaxa: Adratiklit Alcovasaurus Dacentrurus Kentrosaurus Thyreosaurus

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Type: Dacentrurus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of France (3), Morocco (2), Portugal (11), Spain (13), Tanzania (27), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences

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