(steg-uh-SOR-us)
Length: 6.5 meters
Weight: About 3000kg
ERA: Late Jurassic
155-135 million years ago
Meaning of name: Cover Lizard
Plant-eating Stegosaurus is distinguished by two long rows of heavy bony plates that reach from the base of his small head almost to the end of his tail. The tip of his tail had pairs of long, sharp spikes sticking up in the air. All in all another tank-like dinosaur, this one at home in Africa, Europe, India, China and North America. * Source: back of card