Dacentrurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Europe and North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Valencian Community (Spain), France and England (United Kingdom).
Quick facts about Dacentrurus:
- Existed from Upper Jurassic Epoch to 125.45 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 20 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Dacentrurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. Cobos and F. Gascó. 2013. New vertebral remains of the stegosaurian dinosaur Dacentrurus from Riodeva (Teruel, Spain). Geogaceta 53:17-20
- A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, and L. Alcalá, L. Mampel. 2010. An Iberian stegosaurs paradise: The Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian) in Teruel (Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293(1-2):223-236
- A. Cobos, R. Royo-Torres, and L. Alcalá. 2008. Presencia del estegosaurio Dacentrurus en Riodeva (Teruel) [Presence of the stegosaur Dacentrurus in Riodeva (Teruel)]. In J I Ruiz-Omeñaca, L Piñuela and J C García-Ramos (eds), XXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 15-18 October 2008, Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA), Colunga, Spain, Libro de Resúmenes
