PaleoDB taxon number: 147919
Alternative spellings: Stegosauri, Stegosauri
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. A new order of extinct Reptilia (Stegosauria) from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:513-514
Parent taxon: Thyreophora according to F.-L. Han et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Andhrasaurus, Ankylosauria, Apraedentalia, Bienosaurus, Bienosaurus lufengensis, Emausaurus, Lusitanosaurus, Lusitanosaurus liasicus, Omosaurus hastiger, Regnosaurus, Scelidosauria, Scelidosauridae, Scelidosaurus, Scelidosaurus arizonensis, Scutellosaurus, Sinopeltosaurus, Stegosauromorpha, Tatisaurus, Taveirosaurus, Thyreophoroidea
Subtaxa: Adratiklit, Amargastegos, Chialingosaurus, Chialingosaurus kuani, Craterosaurus, Deltapodus, Eoplophysis, Euscelosaurus, Ferganastegos, Garbina, Huayangosauridae, Huayangosaurus, Lexovisaurus durobrivensis, Luluichnus, Monkonosaurus, Nodosauroidea, Omosaurus leedsi, Paranthodon, Psalisauridae, Rigalitidae, Saldamosaurus, Stegopodus, Stegosauridae, Stegosaurus sulcatus, Tuojiangosaurus, Wuerhosaurus ordosensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore