Name/Title
Stegosaurus (egg)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.47 (a),(b),(c)Description
Description: Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family:Stegosauridae
Order: Ornithischia
Common Name: Stegosaurus (eggs)
Age: Jurassic
Location: Hunan Province, China
Description: (3) rounded specimens, highly fractured, while one specimen is more partial in a sandstone matrix. Colors are light to dark tan and brown.
Physical Characteristics:
Stegosaurus ( /?st?g?'s?r?s/) is a genus of stegosaurid armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian) in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well.[1] Due to its distinctive tail spikes and plates, Stegosaurus is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, along with Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Apatosaurus. The name Stegosaurus means "roof lizard" (sometimes put as "covered lizard", but in the sense that a roof covers a building) and is derived from the Greek st????-, stegos- ("roof") and sa????, -sauros ("lizard").[2] At least three species have been identified in the upper Morrison Formation and are known from the remains of about 80 individuals. They lived some 155 to 150 million years ago, in an environment and time dominated by the giant sauropods Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, and Apatosaurus.[3]
Family: Stegosauridae
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
2-3/4 inDepth
2-1/4 inLength
3-1/4 inLocation
Location
Room
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Exhibit
