Stegosaurus

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Stegosaurus , from Greek stegos which means roof and sauros which means lizard , is a genus of herbivorous thyreophoran dinosaur. Fossils of this genus date to the Late Jurassic period, where they are found in Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian aged strata, between 155 and 150 million years ago, in the western United States and Portugal. Of the species that have been classified in the upper Morrison Formation of the western US, only three are universally recognized; S. stenops, S. ungulatus and S. sulcatus. The remains of over 80 individual animals of this genus have been found. Stegosaurus would have lived alongside dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Allosaurus, and Ceratosaurus; the latter two may have been predators of it,More info:wiki

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Stegosaurus was a large, plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period, about 150.8 million to 155.7 million years ago, primarily in western North America. It was about the size of a bus and carried around two rows of bony plates along its back that made it appear even bigger.

Stegosaurus is a bit of media darling because there is so much material to help scientists reconstruct its distinctive appearance. It has been depicted on television and in movies, most notably chasing Faye Wray in “King Kong” and appearing in the second and third installments of the “Jurassic Park” films. A newspaper cartoon even helped name one of its body parts.

Stegosaurus has a reputation for having a small brain and one of the lowest-brain-to-body ratios among dinosaurs. “The brain of Stegosaurus was long thought to be the size of a walnut,” said armored dinosaur expert Kenneth Carpenter, director of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum in Utah. “But actually, its brain had the size and shape of a bent hotdog.”