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STAGONOLEPIS
(stag-on-oh-lep-is)
meaning: "Ornamented scale"
Stagonolepis
Named By: Louis Agassiz in 1844
Time Period: Late Triassic, Carnian
Location: Europe, Scotland - Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation and Poland - Drawno Beds Formation. Possibly North America and even South America
Size: Up to about 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Multiple individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Aetosauria | Stagonolepididae |
Also known as: | Aetosauroides | Calyptosuchus |
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Stagonolepis is an extinct genus of stagonolepidid aetosaur known from the Late Triassic (Carnian stage) of Europe.

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