Tuojiangosaurus

Tuojiangosaurus is a stegosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of China.

Description
Tuojiangosaurus was about 7 meters long from head to tail, and weighed approximately 4 tonnes. Like all stegosaurs, it had two rows of plates running down its back. Unlike its better-known relative Stegosaurus, however, its plates were thin and triangular.

Discovery
Tuojiangosaurus was described in 1977 by Dong Zhiming from the Upper Shaximiao Formation of China. There is one known species, T. multispinus.

Diet
Based on its vertebrae, it was unlikely that Tuojiangosaurus could rear up on its hind legs, like Stegosaurus could. Because of this, it probably fed on low-growing ground vegetation.