Dacentrurus Dacentrurus armatus (Marsh 1877)
/dˈeɪsəntɹˌʊɹɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom
Regions
Valencia · Centro · Aragón · Teruel
Formations
Villar del Arzobispo · Lourinhã · Kimmeridge Clay · Freixial
Dig sites
10
distinct collections
Overview
Dacentrurus armatus is a stegosaur dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Valencia, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by (Marsh 1877). The species is represented by 13 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~41%
well attested
Based on 13 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Dacentrurus armatus sits in deep time
Dacentrurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Dacentrurus armatus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.