Features
Dorsal plates, Tail spikes.
Stegosaurus stenops is characterised by plates along its back and spikes on its tail. The roughly 1.6-tonne figure in the NHM article is an estimate for the museum’s young adult specimen, not a typical mass for the species. The article compares methods based on body volume and limb-bone circumference.
Scientific uncertainty
About 1.6 tonnes is an estimate for an individual young adult specimen. The role of the plates remains debated.
References
- Stegosaurus ↗Natural History Museum, London
- World’s most complete Stegosaurus goes on show ↗Natural History Museum, London
- Weight of the world’s most complete Stegosaurus revealed ↗Natural History Museum, London