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Updated May 8, 2019 |
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Stegosaurus
(c) Joe Tucciarone |
Meaning of Name: | “roofed lizard” |
Period: | Jurassic Period (205 million to 138 million years ago) |
Size: | 9 meters long |
Weight: | 1.8 metric tons |
Location: | Colorado, Utah, Wyoming |
The Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut. Its brain was so small it is unable to coordinate the Stegosaurus's movements. These dinosaurs relied on a ganglia–a nerve center or “second brain” located in its hips–to make movement possible. But what the Stegosaurus may have been missing in brains was made up for in brawn-the long, swinging tail was studded with sharp spikes.
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