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Dacentrurus was a dinosaur of the Jurassic period, one of the Stegosaurus family, about 1.5 metres wide but its length is unknown as only a few bones have been discovered. The remains of Dacentrurus were first discovered in England in the 1870's and had pairs of spines along its back. It is believed that Dacentrurus walked on all fours and was a herbivore.
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Dravidosaurus was a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. Remains of Dravidosaurus were discovered in the later half of the 20th century in India. It was a herbivore of the Stegosaurus family, about three metres long with armour plates on its back and spines bulging halfway up down the spine.
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Lexovisaurus was a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. Lexovisaurus was a member of the Stegosaurus family with flat plate armour and round pointed spines that ran along its back and tail. It was about five metres long, a herbivore and walked on all-fours.
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Stegosaurus was a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. A herbivore, it was about seven metres long, walked on all fours and had a large bulky body and a small tubular head at the end of a longish neck. Stegosaurus had small, blunt, leaf-like teeth at the back of the jaws, the front of the mouth being toothless. It had diamond shaped spiny plates on its back and four long spikes on its tail probably for defence against predators.
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Tuojiangosaurus was a dinosaur of the late Jurassic period. It was a herbivore similar to Stegosaurus, that walked on four legs and was protected by vertical armoured plates arranged in pairs along its back and a tail equipped with four, long, cone-shaped spikes. Remains of Tuojiangosaurus have been found in southern China.
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