Kentrosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Ornithischia
Suborder:	Thyreophora
Infraorder:	Stegosauria
Family:	Stegosauridae
Genus:	Kentrosaurus

Kentrosaurus was a stegosaurian, whose intelligence was low among the dinosaurs. Kentrosaurus fossils have been found in Tendaguru in Tanzania, Africa.

Life

• Plant eater.
• Very small head with a tiny brain and toothless beak.
• A double row of flat, bony plates halfway along its back, from its neck to the midsection.
• A double row of spikes along its back, from its midsection to the tip of its tail, and a pair of shoulder spikes.
• Walked on four legs, but the back legs were longer than its front legs.

Description

Kentrosaurus was an herbivorous ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur, belonging to the group Thyreophora and the Stegosauria (four-legged, bulky-bodied dinosaurs with a double row of plates and or spikes, which included Stegosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and others).