Stegosaurus was the largest of the Stegosauria, although a few other species such as Dacentrurus could match or even perhaps exceed its length. It was 10-12 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing 3-4 tonnes. It is one of the most easily recognisable dinosaurs, due to its tall plates and spiked tail. It was also one of the least intelligent dinosaurs - it had a brain the size of five walnuts!
Stegosaurus as it appeared in Walking with Dinosaurs
In Walking With Dinosaurs[]
Stegosaurus featured in the second episode of Walking with Dinosaurs - Time of the Titans. A male Stegosaurus arrived at a river, and then was attacked by an Allosaurus. It flushed its plates red, and scared the Allosaurus off. When the baby Diplodocus ran past to escape the Allosaurus, it panicked, and, due to its small brain, killed one of the baby Diplodocus with its spiked tail.
Specials[]
Stegosaurus also featured in The Ballad of Big Al. Big Al was hunting a herd of
Dryosaurus, but they were feeding near a Stegosaurus, and Big Al risked being killed by the Stegosaurus if he
tried to hunt a Dryosaurus, so they survived. Stegosaurus is also seen on the fern prairies of the Jurassic during the special.
Trivia[]
Stegosaurus as it appeared in The Ballad of Big Al.
In Primeval S4 Prequel Episode 1, a Stegosaurus came out an anomaly and it went into a members bar in the House of Commons.
It is unknown if it caused any injuries or deaths, or if it returned back to its era. This was however, visualised by a reused model of an Embolotherium that was reused for convenience/money saving, and only it's head was seen in low quality footage. The Scutosaurus and Gorgonops were also used in this way.
Stegosaurus confronts an Allosaurus
