Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. A new order of extinct Reptilia (Stegosauria) from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:513-514
Belongs to Stegosaurus according to H. Gadow 1901
Sister taxa: Stegosaurus affinis, Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus duplex, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, Stegosaurus ungulatus, Hypsirophus discurus, Hypsirophus seeleyanus, Diracodon laticeps, Wuerhosaurus homheni
Type specimen: BMNH 46013, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Swindon Brick and Tile Company brick pit, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine claystone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stegosaurus armatus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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