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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Stegosauria

Stegosaurian dinosaurs are herbivorous and quadrupedal with two longitudinal rows of plates and spines on the back to tail and are up to 9 m in size. They flourished during Jurassic period. Their small teeth and short forelimbs indicate the feeding habit of a low browser. Plates might have been used for thermoregulation or display.