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"Tuojangosaurus multispinus"

This Asian stegosaur is from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China, & was named & described in 1977.
Tuojangosaurus is the best understood of the Chinese stegosaurs. It was a pretty large stegosaur, reaching 6.5m (21ft) & weight around 2.8 metric tons (3.1 short tons). Like other stegosaurs like Kentrosaurus, it may have had a pair of shoulder spikes. It lived along side giants like *Mamenchisaurus, Omeisaurus, predators like *Yangchuanosaurus & other stegosaurs like *Gigantspinosaurus, & Chialingosaurus.

Description
Subject:
"Tuojangosaurus multispinus"

This Asian stegosaur is from the Late Jurassic Period, recovered from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of what is now Sichuan Province in China, & was named & described in 1977.
Tuojangosaurus is the best understood of the Chinese stegosaurs. It was a pretty large stegosaur, reaching 6.5m (21ft) & weight around 2.8 metric tons (3.1 short tons). Like other stegosaurs like Kentrosaurus, it may have had a pair of shoulder spikes. It lived along side giants like *Mamenchisaurus, Omeisaurus, predators like *Yangchuanosaurus & other stegosaurs like *Gigantspinosaurus, & Chialingosaurus.