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Stegosauridae

Tuojiangosaurus multispinus

"Tuo River lizard"

Generic stegosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tuojiangosaurus 6.5 m (21.3 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic stegosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tuojiangosaurus
Length
6.5 m (21.3 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (163.5–157.3 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Stegosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Stegosauria Stegosaurus and close relatives.

Tuojiangosaurus (meaning “Tuo River lizard”) is a genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China.

What we know

  • Named by Dong et al., 1977.
  • Body length estimated at about 6.5 m.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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