Dacentrurus

Pronunciation:
dah-sen-troo-russ
Name meaning:
'pointed tail'
Dacentrurus
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
6.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Jurassic, 154-150 million years ago
Found in:
England,
France,
Portugal,
United Kingdom

Dacentrurus was the first stegosaur ever discovered.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae
Named by:
Lucas (1902)
Type species:
armatus