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| Kentrosaurus Although it walked on four legs, it could rear-up onto its larger back legs. The fossil site suggests that Kentrosaurus lived near a large river in herds. Kentrosaurus had 9 pairs of plates running from its neck to its midsection and 5 pairs of long, sharp spikes running from the midsection to the tail, a spike was also on each shoulder. Name meaning; �spiked lizard� Pronunciation; KEN-truh-SAWR-us Classification; Family- Stegosauridae Infraorder- Stegosauria Suborder- Thyreophora Order- Ornithischia Diet; Herbivore Size; Length- 3.5-5 meters (10-16 feet) Weight- 1 to 2 tons Height- 2 meters (6 feet) Location; Tanzania (Africa) Time; Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) about 150 million years ago. |
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