Stegosaur plates

[Kjetil Åkra <Kjetil.Akra@zmb.uib.no>]

Many thanks to everyone who responded to my request for information on the
Stegosaur plate arrangement. Your information was very useful to me.

My main reference was Stephen A. Czerkas'm article in "Dinosaurs past and
Present, Vol II" (1987) called " A reevaluation of the plate arrangement on
Stegosaurus stenops".

To quote him: "it is with confidence and caution that the interpretation of
a single row of plates is presented here". Still, I guess is interpretation
was not generally accepted.

I have now completed my Stegosaur (with one row of plates) and all that
remains is the color of the beast. The color can never be known of cource,
but I have heard of an article stating that large dinosaurs couldn't be
anything but grey (just like elephants and rhinos). Does anyone know which
article that was, or does anyone have comments regarding this aspect of
dinosaurs?


Again, many thanks.

Kjetil =C5kra