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Stegosauridae

Loricatosaurus

"armored lizard"

Generic stegosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Loricatosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic stegosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Loricatosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (164.7–161.2 Mya)
Place
France · United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Stegosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Stegosauria Stegosaurus and close relatives.

Loricatosaurus (meaning “armored lizard”) is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur known from Callovian-aged (Middle Jurassic) rocks of England and France.

What we know

  • Named by Maidment et al., 2008.
  • Fossils found in France and United Kingdom.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Loricatosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.