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Meet the Zoo's Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs Main > Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus

What's in a Name? Name means "pointed lizard"

Description: Resembling but smaller than the Stegosaurus, this dinosaur had small cheek teeth, a double row of flat bony plates halfway down the back and a double row of spikes from there to the end of the tail.

Diet: Herbivore

Lived during: Jurassic Period about 156 to 150 million years ago

Lived in: Africa