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ALCOVASAURUS
(al-co-vah-sor-us)
meaning: "Alcova lizard"
Named By: Peter M. Galton & Kenneth Carpenter in 2016
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 150 Ma
Location: USA, Wyoming - Morrison Formation
Size: Roughly estimated at about 5.7 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, ischia, partial pubis, right femur, and four tail spines
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Stegosauria | Stegosauridae |
Also known as: | Stegosaurus longispinus |
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Alcovasaurus is a genus of herbivorous thyreophoran dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic. It was found in the Morrison Formation of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. The type species is Stegosaurus longispinus, the combinatio nova Alcovasaurus longispinus.

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