DINO-A-DAY #74: Stegosaurus

Welcome to Dino-a-Day, where we'll be highlighting one prehistoric beast per day until the release of our graphic novel Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth on January 4, 2011.

Each of the ninety-six creatures we'll be featuring on this blog are taken from a huge 2-page spread in the middle of Evolution. So while you can see each individual creature here, you'll need to grab the book to see them all together!

NAME: Stegosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: STEG-uh-SAWR-us
ORDER: Ornithischia
EXISTED DURING: Late Jurassic
DISCOVERED: Colorado, 1877
FUN FACT: Othniel Charles Marsh, who discovered the species, first thought that Stegosaurus was an aquatic, turtle-like creature whose plates laid flat against its back like the shingles on a roof.

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Source: Wikipedia
Pronunciation: DinoDictionary.com