Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 11 of 34
Kentrosaurus
Africa · Jurassic
Kentrosaurus lived in the Jurassic in what is now Tanzania. It had plates and long spikes on its body.
Did you know?
It is a cousin of Stegosaurus.
Look together
Where can you see plates, and where can you see spikes?
An idea to try
Colour the plates one colour and the spikes another.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus is known from Tendaguru fossils in Tanzania. Armour elements are often found separately. Their complete arrangement and the exact placement of some large spikes involve reconstruction, not an entire preserved skin.
Sources and illustration notes (2)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- National Museum of Tanzania: Mfahamu dinosaria Kentrosaurus (Mlinzi wa Tendaguru)Late Jurassic Tendaguru, Tanzania, about 155–150 million years ago; back plates and tail spikes.
- Natural History Museum: KentrosaurusLate Jurassic stegosaur from Tanzania, in the same family as Stegosaurus (Stegosauridae).
Page prepared on October 5, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Dinosaurs Around the World to Colour
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