Definition of stegosaur
: any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of quadrupedal ornithischian herbivorous dinosaurs chiefly of the Jurassic with strongly developed dorsal plates and spikes
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The tracks also provide the only known evidence of stegosaurs in Australia, Salisbury notes.
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Also included in the find is the first evidence of the existence of stegosaurs in Australia, and some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever discovered, measuring up to 5.5 feet long.
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Origin and Etymology of stegosaur
New Latin Stegosauria, from Stegosaurus
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