Meet the Stegosaurus: Spiked Tail, Armored Plates, and More!

Stegosaurus is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.

00:00 Introduction
02:37 Description
03:54 Diet
06:18 Skeleton
07:13 Skull
09:30 Posture and movement
11:08 Why Did Stegosaurus Have Plates on Its Back?
14:20 Plate Arrangement
15:52 Thagomizer
17:28 Growth and metabolism
19:07 Second brain
20:09 Kentrosaurus
22:38 Wuerhosaurus
24:49 Dacentrurus

Sources:

1. https://www.livescience.com/24184-ste....
2. https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/st...
3. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
4. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-d...
5. https://animals.howstuffworks.com/din...

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