Dinosaur
Stegosaurus
Plates down its back, spikes on its tail and a brain the size of a plum.
Say it: STEG-oh-SORE-us
- Name means
- Roof lizard
- What it was
- An armoured, plant-eating dinosaur
- Size
- About 9 metres long
- Ate
- Plants
- Lived
- Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago
- Fossils found
- The USA
Facts for little ones
- The big plates along its back sat in its skin, not on its skeleton.
- It had a powerful tail with spikes on the end.
- Its brain was only about the size of a plum.
Stegosaurus in Dinolets
Stegosaurus is egg number 3 of 12. In the game it's green, and its special feature is the one the voice calls out: "Big plates!"
In Feed it eats plants, and from level 2 your child is asked to pick the right food for it. Once it has hatched, it joins in the other games too.
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