Re: Stego plates

["Nicholas J. Pharris" <pharrinj@PLU.edu>]

On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Nicholas R. Longrich wrote:

>       Are there any other stegosaurs besides Stegosaurus (and Diracodon, 
> if we treat that as a separate genus) which have the alternating plates, 
> then? 
>

Almost certainly two genera.  The question is whether the type 
material of _Diracodon_ is determinate as to genus and species and therefore 
whether that is the name that should be applied to the broad-plated form.

I know that _Wuerhosaurus_ (and, presumably, the closely related 
_Monkonosaurus_) have alternating plates, but I know of no others. 

Nick Pharris
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