Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Synonyms: Alcovasaurus Galton and Carpenter 2016, Natronasaurus Ulansky 2014
Full reference: O. Mateus, S. C. R. Maidment, and N. A. Christiansen. 2009. A new long-necked 'sauropod-mimic' stegosaur and the evolution of the plated dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276:1815-1821
Parent taxon: Dacentrurinae according to F. Costa and O. Mateus 2019
See also Cobos and Gascó 2013, Galton and Carpenter 2016, Mateus et al. 2009, Mocho et al. 2017, Ulansky 2014, Ulansky 2014 and Ulansky 2014
Sister taxon: Dacentrurus
Subtaxa: Miragaia longicollum Miragaia longispinus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Portugal (2 collections), United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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