|
|
|
Kentrosaurus
Click here for more Kentrosaurus Pictures
Kentrosaurus was a slow-moving herbivore (plant-eater) that lived
in Africa during the late Jurassic period,
about 156 to 150 million years ago.
It was about 16 feet (4.9 meters) long, and weighed around 2 tons.
Kentrosaurus may have been slow-moving, but it was well protected from predators
by its armor.
Its back was covered with a double row of triangular bony plates on each
side of the backbone. At the rear, the plates were then replaced with pairs
of sharp spikes, about 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, that went from the lower
back down to the tip of the tail. There was also a pair on extra long
spikes on the hips.
Kentrosaurus was one of the
Fossils
brought back from the
1909-1912
German expedition to East Africa.
Edwin Henning, who was one of the paleontologists on this expedition, published
the first full description of Kentosaurus in
1915.
A nearly complete skeleton of Kentrosaurus once stood in the Humboldt
Museum in the University of
Berlin, however, unfortunately, this was
lost as a result of bombing during World War II.
Although it usually believed that Kentrosaurus died out millions of years
ago,
there are some cryptozoologists (people who search for
rumored or mythical animals whose existence is uncertain) have suggested
that "Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu", an animal claimed to be known
to villagers in the Northern part of the Republic of Congo,
might just be a living Kentrosaurus.
However, as yet, there does not seem to be any
definitive proof of this.
For more information see
Living Dinosaurs?
Kentrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 156 to 150 million years ago
Related Information & Resources
Related Web Sites
See Also
Kentrosaurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Kentrosaurus:
- Kentrosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Kentrosaurus" means "pointed lizard".
- Kentrosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Kentrosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Kentrosaurus lived between about 156 million years ago and 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.
- Kentrosaurus lived in Africa.
- Kentrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Kentrosaurus was about 16 feet (4.9 meters) long.
- Kentrosaurus weighed about 2 tons.
Kentrosaurus Pictures and Posters
by AllPosters
Here are some Kentrosaurus pictures and posters:
(Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by AllPosters. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website).
Kentrosaurus Toys
Here are some toys/games from Amazon.com:
Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by Amazon.com. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website.
Safari
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $3.47*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
All the dinosaurs that children love to learn about and play with. Sculpted in amazing detail according to the latest paleontological research. Each replica comes with 5-language educational hangtag. All our products are hand-painted, phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested. |
|
Asylum Miniatures
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $5.98*
Usually ships in 2-3 business days*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
New, in blister. FREE Shipping with orders of 25 dollars or more. |
|
Learning Curve
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $2.99*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | - Based on the Jim Henson PBS show, The Dinosaur Train.
- Plastic collectible dinosaur figure.
- Unit dimensions: 3.75" x 1.25" x 1.87"
Product Description:
Dinosaur Train is an American animated series created by Craig Bartlett and produced by The Jim Henson Company for PBS Kids. The series features a curious young T. Rex named Buddy who, together with his adopted Pteranodon family, takes the Dinosaur Train to meet, explore, and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs. |
|
Tedco
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $7.49*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | - 25 PARTS IN THIS DINOSAUR 4D PUZZLE
- BOX SIZE: 135 mm (l) × 40 mm (w) × 110 mm ( h) or 5" x 2" x 4" (approximately)
- No need to paint and no need to glue
Product Description:
Some Specifics about the Kentrosaurus: Period: Late Jurassic Period (155-150 MYA) Family: Stegosauridae Estimated Size: 4.5m (15 ft.) long Estimated weight: 2 tons Where found: North America Diet: Herbivore |
|
Safari
Toy
 | Lowest New Price: $19.25*
Usually ships in 1-2 business days*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | - Safari LTD Wild Safari Dino: Kentrosaurs, Scutosaurus, Stegosaurus
Product Description:
Dinosaurs that children love most in a variety of fiercely action packed poses. Each dinosaur replica is amazingly detailed, hand painted for realism and designed to stimulate the imagination. This Wild Safari® Dino collection has all the favorites including the Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus and many more. All our figures are sculpted by experts which ensures authenticity. By providing educational information in five languages, we encourage children to learn about these ancient extinct creatures that once roamed our earth. All our products are phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested to safeguard your child's health. Safari Ltd takes pride in providing breathtaking, innovative and value priced figures for now over three generations. |
|
Kentrosaurus Books
Here are some books from Amazon.com:
Disclosure: Products details and descriptions provided by Amazon.com. Our company may receive a payment if you purchase products from them after following a link from this website.
| Dinosaurs Of Africa, including: Allosaurus, Lesothosaurus, Paralititan, Spinosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Suchomimus, ... Jobaria, Vulcanodon, Aegyptosaurus |
By Hephaestus Books
Hephaestus Books
Paperback (236 pages)
 | List Price: $26.75*
Lowest New Price: $18.65*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Dinosaurs of Africa.
More info: This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Africa. Africa has a rich fossil record, but it is patchy and incomplete. It is rich in Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs. African dinosaurs from these time periods include Syntarsus, Dracovenator, Melanorosaurus, Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Abrictosaurus, and Lesothosaurus. The Middle Jurassic is poorly represented in Africa. Only the sauropod Cetiosaurus has been discovered dating from this time period. The Late Jurassic, however, is well represented in Africa, mainly thanks to the spectacular Tendaguru Formation. Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Elaphrosaurus, Giraffatitan, Dicraeosaurus, Janenschia, Tornieria, Tendaguria, Kentrosaurus, and Dryosaurus are among the dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Tendaguru. This fauna seems to show strong similarities to that of the Morrison Formation in the United States and the Lourinha Formation in Portugal. For example, Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Dryosaurus have been found in both the Tendaguru and the Morrison. This has important biogeographical implications. |
|
By Forrás: Wikipedia
Books LLC, Wiki Series
Paperback (26 pages)
 | List Price: $14.14*
Lowest New Price: $14.13*
Lowest Used Price: $15.49*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Forrás: Wikipedia. Oldalak: 24. Fejezetek: Ankylosaurusok, Stegosaurusok, Scelidosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Antarctopelta, Euoplocephalus, Stegosauria, Hylaeosaurus, Pinacosaurus, Thyreophora, Ankylosauridae, Huayangosaurus, Miragaia, Tuojiangosaurus, Dacentrurus, Nodocephalosaurus, Saichania, Wuerhosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Polacanthus, Ankylosauria. Idézet: A Stegosaurus (nevének jelentése: „Fedeles gyík") a madármedencéjű páncélos dinoszauruszok egyik neme, amely a késő jura kor késő kimmeridgei és kora tithon alkorszakai idején élt, mintegy 150-145 millió évvel ezelőtt, a mai Észak-Amerika nyugati részén. 2006-ban egy portugáliai Stegosaurus példányról számoltak be, ami azt igazolja, hogy Európában is jelen volt. Egyedi lemezei és faroktüskéi miatt a Stegosaurus az egyik legkönnyebben felismerhető dinoszaurusz, a Tyrannosaurus, a Triceratops és az Apatosaurus mellett. A Morrison-formáció felső részén legalább három faját azonosították, és körülbelül 80 példány maradványait fedezték fel. Egykori élőhelyén olyan óriás sauropodák is gyakoriak, mint a Diplodocus, a Camarasaurus és az Apatosaurus. A Stegosaurus nagy, nehéz felépítésű, négy lábon járó növényevő volt, sajátos és különös testtartással, melynél a hát nagymértékben meghajlott a rövid mellső lábak miatt, a fej alacsonyan, a talaj közelében, a merev farok pedig a levegőben helyezkedett el. A lemezekkel és tüskékkel kapcsolatban számos elképzelés született. A legvalószínűbb, hogy a tüskéket védekezésre használta, míg a lemezek egyaránt szolgálhattak védekezésre és hőszabályzásra. A nagyjából autóbusz méretű Stegosaurus volt a Stegosauria alrendág legnagyobb tagja (mérete meghaladta a Kentrosaurusét és a Huayangosaurusét), amely számos, a többi stegosaurusnemre jellemző tulajdonsággal rendelkezett. A Stegosaurus és az ember méretének összehasonlításaAz átlagosan 9 méter hosszú és 4 méter magas, négy lábon járó Stegosaurus a hátán két sorban, függőlegese... |
|
| Stegosaurs, including: Stegosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Thagomizer, Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Chialingosaurus, Wuerhosaurus, Huayangosaurus, Lexovisaurus, ... Chungkingosaurus, Craterosaurus |
By Hephaestus Books
Hephaestus Books
Paperback (72 pages)
 | List Price: $17.75*
Lowest New Price: $11.06*
Lowest Used Price: $12.70*
Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Stegosaurs.
More info: Known colloquially as stegosaurs, the Stegosauria are a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Periods, being found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, predominantly in what is now North America and China. Their geographical origins are unclear; the earliest stegosaurs have been found in China, although fragmentary material hails from southern England. |
|
| Jurassic Dinosaurs, including: Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, Archaeopteryx, Stegosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Megalosaurus, Compsognathus, Thyreophora, ... Kentrosaurus, Camarasaurus, Anchisaurus |
By Hephaestus Books
Hephaestus Books
Paperback (682 pages)
 | List Price: $47.75*
Lowest New Price: $32.23*
Lowest Used Price: $33.21*
Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Jurassic dinosaurs.
More info: |
|
Indiana University Press
Released: 2001-11-09
Hardcover (512 pages)
 | List Price: $75.00*
Lowest New Price: $50.00*
Lowest Used Price: $18.89*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Armored dinosaurs were some of the earliest dinosaurs named, including the ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus in 1833 and Stegosaurus in 1877. But these armored dinosaurs, or thyreophorans, have been the least studied group because they lack the visceral appeal of Tyrannosaurus and the fossil abundance of ceratopsians and hadrosaurs. The incredible diversity of armored dinosaurs has only recently been appreciated: the discovery of new stegosaurs in the Jurassic of China and the United States, and of new ankylosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of North America have led to renewed interest in thyreophorans. The Armored Dinosaurs brings together the latest studies by an international group of dinosaur paleontologists and provides descriptions of the original specimens of Hyaleosaurus and Stegosaurus, names new thyreophorans, and redescribes historically important specimens from Europe.
The contributors are Paul M. Barrett, John Bird, William T. Blows, Don Burge, Kenneth Carpenter, H. Trevor Clifford, Karen Cloward, Margery C. Coombs, Rodolfo A. Corio, Philip J. Currie, Tracy L. Ford, Peter M. Galton, Robert W. Gaston, James I. Kirkland, Martin G. Lockley, Richard T. McCrea, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Christian A. Meyer, Clifford A. Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, David B. Norman, Paul Penkalski, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Bruce M. Rothschild, A. P. Russell, N. Rybczynski, Leonardo Salgado, Jennifer Schellenbach, and M. K. Vickaryous. |
|
By David Lambert
DK CHILDREN
Hardcover (72 pages)
 | List Price: $16.99*
Lowest New Price: $9.68*
Lowest Used Price: $9.99*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. Packed with real dinosaur fossils, this brand-new title replaces the long-running bestseller, Eyewitness Dinosaur, and features computer reconstructions bringing the fossils to life and reflecting the latest ideas on how dinosaurs looked and behaved. |
|
By Llyn Hunter & Dinosaurs
Dover Publications
Paperback (32 pages)
 | List Price: $3.99*
Lowest New Price: $1.35*
Lowest Used Price: $0.01*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Illustrator Llyn Hunter has dramatically rendered the Stegosaurus, Iguanodon, Velociraptor, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, and 24 more prehistoric beasts as they might have appeared in their natural habitats millions of years ago. Young amateur paleontologists are provided with a list of sources for further reading, plus helpful suggestions for coloring the drawings. Introduction. Bibliography.
|
|
By David Burnie
Kingfisher
Released: 2008-06-10
Hardcover (48 pages)
 | List Price: $10.99*
Lowest New Price: $0.01*
Lowest Used Price: $0.01*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Follow the Tyrannosaurus rex on an exciting journey around the globe. Eight maps and twelve stunning feature spreads invite readers to explore the prehistoric world. Each map is illustrated with colorful pictorial icons showing the different dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures that lived on each continent. Feature spreads provide additional information about specific dinosaur species and their unique environments. A simple numbered and lettered grid makes this atlas a perfect introduction to basic map-reading skills, as well as a memorable dinosaur reference. |
|
By Roger Priddy
Priddy Books
Released: 2008-08-19
Hardcover (60 pages)
 | List Price: $14.95*
Lowest New Price: $5.99*
Lowest Used Price: $3.47*
Usually ships in 24 hours*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
• Packed with facts about the lost world of dinosaurs • Reference title ideal for curious children aged 5 and over • Excellent for homework and school projects |
|
By Steve Brusatte
Book Sales, Inc.
Hardcover (144 pages)
 | List Price: $14.99*
Lowest New Price: $34.00*
Lowest Used Price: $33.66*
*(As of 02:51 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info)
Click Here | Product Description:
Through a series of journal entries, kids will uncover the mysteries of the dinosaur kingdom—from the speedy and agile Coelophysis to the existence of Pangaea, the landmass of the earth some 227 million years ago when all of the continents were one. |
|
Discuss This Page
Linking to This Page
We do hope that you find this site useful.
We welcome people linking to this website, or citing us in their school and educational projects
(remember in school projects and papers, you should always cite your sources).
|
|
|
