
- Type of dinosaur:
- armoured dinosaur
- Length:
- 7.0m
- Weight:
- 1500kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- small, snipping teeth
- Food:
- soft shoots and ferns
- How it moved:
- on 4 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 157-154 million years ago
- Found in:
- China

Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae, Stegosaurinae
- Named by:
- Dong, Li, Zhou and Zhang (1973)
- Type species:
- multispinus
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