What does the Stegosaurus eat?
Cycads
Moss
Stegosaurus/Eats
Is a Stegosaurus a herbivore or carnivore?
Stegosaurus: herbivore. Triceratops: herbivore. Tyrannosaurus Rex: carnivore. Velociraptor: carnivore.
Was the Stegosaurus a predator or prey?
A large, slow moving plant-eater, Stegosaurus would have defended itself from predators like Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus with its powerful spiked tail.
What did Stegosaurus eat for kids?
The stegosaurus was such a cool dinosaur. It had neat plates and spikes covering its tail, back, and neck that made it look very distinctive. But it was also a plant eating machine! It had a toothless beak for nipping low lying plants like ferns, cycads, and pines.
Are Stegosaurus fast?
Although the Stegosaurus body was large, the size of their brain was only around the size of a dog’s. Researchers believe that due to the nature of Stegosaurus legs, they had a maximum speed of around 7kph (5mph).
How do you tell if a dinosaur is a carnivore?
Barrett said that just like the animals around us today, dinosaurs had teeth adapted to what they ate. So carnivores, or meat-eaters, had sharp, serrated teeth, like the edge of a knife. Herbivores, or plant-eaters, had teeth that were designed for crushing and grinding plants, much like a cow’s.
How do you tell if a dinosaur is a carnivore or herbivore?
Dinosaur posture is also a clue to food type. All of the carnivorous dinosaurs were bipedal (walked on two legs), while all of the herbivorous dinosaurs were either quadrupedal (walked on four legs) or spent some time on two and some time on four legs. Physical characteristics are also clues to dinosaur eating habits.
What was the largest carnivore ever?
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus was the biggest of all the carnivorous dinosaurs, larger than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus. It lived during part of the Cretaceous period, about 112 million to 97 million years ago, roaming the swamps of North Africa.
Are there more herbivore or carnivore dinosaurs?
Most dinosaurs were plant-eaters (herbivores) about 65% of them. Some dinosaurs were meat-eaters (carnivores).
