Stegosaurus

The Stegosaurus

***Stegosaurus*** is a genus of Stegosaur dinosaur that appears in Season 1 of Dinosaurs Battle World Championship.

 In DBWC

In DBWC, *Stegosaurus* is a massive dinosaur. It's body is colored with shades of blue, while it's large plates on its back are dark orange. On its tail are deadly spikes for killing. It's head is small and has a small beak. The *Stegosaurus* lost in its first match to *Styracosaurus*, which is surprising for such a popular dinosaur.

## In the Real World

*Stegosaurus* is a genus of stegosaur dinosaur that live in USA during the Late Jurassic, 145 million years ago. It is without a doubt one of the most popular dinosaurs of all time, along with *Tyrannosaurus* and *Brontosaurus*. It was an herbivore, and had a beak used for eating cycles, ferns, and conifers. Because it's teeth couldn't grind up plants efficiently, *Stegosaurus* probably swallowed stones (gastroliths) to grind up matter in their stomach especially. In 1877, during the famous Bone Wars, *Stegosaurus* was discovered in the Morisson Formation in Colorado. It was named *Stegosaurus stenops* by Othniel Charles Marsh. Many other species were named around the same time, but most are considered invalid now. In 2007, bones of another species were discovered in Portugal. This is because Europe and North America were connected before Pangaea broke up further in the Early Cretaceous.
the Endocast showed the brain was indeed very small. It was the size of a wulnut.

The most recognizable feature of the *Stegosaurus* is its bony diamond shaped plates adorning its back. consisting between 17 and 22 separate and flat spines. the largest plates are on its hips and could measure up to 60 centimeters wide and 60 centimeters tall. These plates were probably covered in a keratin structure in life, making them larger than the fossils. The arrangement and use if these plates has been a topic of debate for over a century. Possible uses are temperature control, defense, and display. The most accepted arrangement of the plates is two rows of alternating plates going down the length of the animal, from neck to tail. Then there are the spikes, or thagomizers, attached to the end of the *Stegosaurus'* tail. These were also likely covered in keratin in real life, making them larger than the bones. The thagomizers would have been a formidable weapon, used perhaps to fight or discourage contemporary predators like *Allosaurus* and *Ceratosaurus*. and they are up to 1.2 meters long. The *Stegosaurus* was a mid sized herbivore, with the largest reaching lengths of around 7.5 meters and weights of 5.8 tons.

## Fighting Tactics

*Stegosaurus* is a large and tough dinosaur, although it's fighting tactics aren't too effective. In Styracosaurus vs Stegosaurus, it was seen turning around sharply. Then it used its sharp spikes on its tail to attempt to make devastating hits into the *Styracosaurus*. However, the thagomizers constantly got caught on the spikes and horns adorning *Styracosaurus*' frill and head. Therefore the *Stegosaurus* never managed to deal any real damage. It is likely that a blow from the *Stegosaurus*' tail could deliver devastating injury to enemies in DBWC. Perhaps if it was matched against a different opponent, the *Stegosaurus* would have made it farther into the tournament.

Stegosaurus's weapon
## Appearances

Styracosaurus vs Stegosaurus (only appearance)
## Trivia

* *Stegosaurus* is the first stegosaur to appear in DBWC.

## External Links

Styracosaurus vs Stegosaurus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chyb5JkhNoo

Styracosaurus vs Stegosaurus (Short) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s9ygswxoofg