Alcovasaurus Alcovasaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Alcovasaurus 6.5 m (21.3 ft) long
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- Length
- 6.5 m (21.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150 Mya)
- Place
- North America · United States · Wyoming, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
Alcovasaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaurs that lived in the Late Jurassic. It was found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, Alcovasaurus longispinus, originally assigned to the genus Stegosaurus. It is likely a member of the Dacentrurinae, and has been referred to the genus Miragaia by some authors.
What we know
- Named by (Gilmore, 1914).
- Body length estimated at about 6.5 m.
- Fossils found in North America and United States.