Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Stegouros Stegouros elengassen Soto-Acuña et al. 2021
/ˌstɛɡəˈjʊərɒs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Stegouros elengassen is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Soto-Acuña et al. 2021. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Stegouros elengassen sits in deep time
Stegouros
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Stegouros elengassen's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.