Stegosaurus
genus · Marsh 1877 · accepted · extinct
7 descendant taxa · 86 fossil sites · 5 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–93.9 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
86 sites
11 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 68 million years, from 161.5 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Stegosaurus was named in 1877 (Marsh 1877) — 149 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- 11 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).