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Stegosaurus is named for the characteristic bony plates that stick up from its back, making it easily recognizable. Its name is a combination of  “stagē,” Greek for covering—a reference to those bony plates—and “sauros,” Greek for lizard. On its tail, Stegosaurus had spikes that it could use to defend itself from predators. Its brain was about the size of a curled human fist.

Museums are great places to learn more about dinosaurs as well as other ancient animals like mammoths and saber-toothed cats.

Dinosaurs have fascinated modern humans since we started uncovering their massive bones buried in the Earth.

Many carnivorous dinosaurs ate herbivores like StegosaurusBrontosaurus, and Apatosaurus to survive.

Stegosaurus was a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, the same period during which dinosaurs like Archaeopteryx, Pterodactylus, and Brontosaurus lived.

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