Stegosauruses were large, heavily built dinosaurs which lived in
the Late Jurassic Period.
They lived near woodlands or plains and were also known as roof-lizards.
The skull of Stegosaurus was long, pointed and narrow. It was almost
like a stretched skull of a turtle.
Stegosaurus had two rows of bony plates along its body.
They helped to control its body temperature.
Stegosaurus had a beak at the front of its mouth with no teeth.
It stood up to 9 metres long and weighed around 5 to 7 tons.
Stegosaurus had stronger hind legs in comparison with its front legs.
They were herbivores and chose to eat low growing plants like mosses,
ferns and conifers.
Stegosaurus could use the two pairs of bony spikes present at the end of
its tail like a weapon against its predators.
The brain of Stegosaurus was very small, almost the size of a walnut.
