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SOM#128, Don Everhart, The Fossil Collection, Styrachosaurus, 1994
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From the collection of John Birks
Number issued: 200 Bronze
STYRACHOSAURUS
sty - RAK - o -sawr - us
Late Cretaceous, North America
Styrachosaurus, which means "spiked reptile", was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived about 65-144 million years ago. It was about 20 feet long, stood ten feed high and is characterized by having a massive head with a short frill around it. This frill was decorated with large protruding spikes and its nose also had a large protruding horn. They were undoubtedly large, herbivorus and slow-moving animals that moved around in herds, probably similar to today's rhinocerous in their habits. There is some debate about the function of the spikes mounted on the neck frill. Possibly these spikes were a defense mechanism used to defend the body of the animal from a frontal attack. The huge head on these dinosaurs was lightened somewhat by large-skin-covered openings in the frill. Also, the first three neck vertebrae behind the skull were fused to further strengthen the neck.
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![SOM#128, Don Everhart, The Fossil Collection, Styrachosaurus, 1994
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number issued: 200 Bronze[/i]
[b]STYRACHOSAURUS
sty - RAK - o -sawr - us
Late Cretaceous, North America[/b]
Styrachosaurus, which means "spiked reptile", was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived about 65-144 million years ago. It was about 20 feet long, stood ten feed high and is characterized by having a massive head with a short frill around it. This frill was decorated with large protruding spikes and its nose also had a large protruding horn. They were undoubtedly large, herbivorus and slow-moving animals that moved around in herds, probably similar to today's rhinocerous in their habits. There is some debate about the function of the spikes mounted on the neck frill. Possibly these spikes were a defense mechanism used to defend the body of the animal from a frontal attack. The huge head on these dinosaurs was lightened somewhat by large-skin-covered openings in the frill. Also, the first three neck vertebrae behind the skull were fused to further strengthen the neck.
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[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number issued: 200 Bronze[/i]
[b]STYRACHOSAURUS
sty - RAK - o -sawr - us
Late Cretaceous, North America[/b]
Styrachosaurus, which means \"spiked reptile\", was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived about 65-144 million years ago. It was about 20 feet long, stood ten feed high and is characterized by having a massive head with a short frill around it. This frill was decorated with large protruding spikes and its nose also had a large protruding horn. They were undoubtedly large, herbivorus and slow-moving animals that moved around in herds, probably similar to today's rhinocerous in their habits. There is some debate about the function of the spikes mounted on the neck frill. Possibly these spikes were a defense mechanism used to defend the body of the animal from a frontal attack. The huge head on these dinosaurs was lightened somewhat by large-skin-covered openings in the frill. Also, the first three neck vertebrae behind the skull were fused to further strengthen the neck.
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