Dacentrurus: quick facts

Instead of plates, this four-legged, plant-eating dinosaur had two rows of huge spikes running along its back and tail. Dacentrus was discovered in England but fragments of otherspecimens have been fo

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.