#thyreosaurus

[totaldino]

Thyreosaurus

Thyreosaurus is a stegosaurian dinosaur characterized by a unique armor resembling those of nodosaurid ankylosaurs more than those of its fellow stegosaurs. The bony growths appear to have laid flat on the animal's back, rather than standing erect. However, due to the disarticulated nature of the fossil specimen, their exact position remains unknown.

[dinosquad-central]

There’s a recently discovered Stegosaur called Thyreosaurus, and it’s basically a Stegosaurus trying to cosplay as an Ankylosaur.

Upon research it looks like it was first discovered in 2021, but not formally described and named until 2024c this year.

The name thyreosaurus means “shield lizard” with “thyreos” being the name of a specific type of oblong shield in Ancient Greece. It’s named this way because of its unique armor, oblong plates that laid down flat across its back rather than sticking upright like other types of stegosaurus. This is similar to the dermal armor of nodosaurid ankylosaurs, which I assume is the cosplay you’re referring to, but other than the spinal plates it’s body shape is more-or-less the same as a standard stegosaurus.

It’s so cool to me that even after all this time we’re still discovering new dinosaurs and new things about the dinosaurs we already knew about.

[sinasinasinas]

I had a thought that was basically "what if thyreosaurus isn't a stegosaur but huge pseudosuchian with heavy armor" and here we are

[sinasinasinas]

My take on Thyreosaurus

[chameleocoonj]

flocking time

[the-dragon-girl-27]

flocking drawings!!

Young Altispinax preparing to do a mating display

Thyreosaurus slaying a Theropod

Ornithoprion just swimming round

Mama Mapusaurus bringin home a Chakisaurus carcass for her daughter

[cypressure]

Flocking 4/5/24 -- Altispinax + Thyreosaurus + Mapusaurus + Ornithoprion

[veloci-raptor]

Flocking Together #44

Altispinax

Thyreosaurus

Ornithoprion

Mapusaurus