| Thyreosaurus Temporal range: Bathonian–Middle Jurassic | |
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| Artist Illustration (Joschua Knüppe) of Thyreosaurus atlasicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Stegosauria |
| Family: | †Stegosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Dacentrurinae |
| Genus: | †Thyreosaurus Zafaty, 2024 |
| Type species | |
| †Thyreosaurus atlasicus Zafaty et al., 2024 | |
Thyreosaurus is a stegosaurid dinosaur in the Middle Jurassic Period.
Description[]
Thyreosaurus is 6 m(20 ft) long on average. Sadly that estimate isn't an adult, meaning that there could be larger specimens for Thyreosaurus.
Discovery[]
There was a holotype skeleton for Thyreosaurus found in 2021. The fossil material was first introduced between 2022 and 2023 before its species validation. Later on, Zafaty confirmed that Thyreosaurus atlasicus as a new genus and species of stegosaurid dinosaur according to its fossils in 2024.
Gallery[]
Art by Joschua Knüppe.
Fossils of a Thyreosaurus shown.
Art by cisiopurple.