Stegosaurus Plate Pendant

1.5" (3.8cm) x 1.5" (3.8cm) Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognized dinosaurs due to the two rows of plates running down its back. To make this pendant, I sculpted a scaled down Stegosaurus pate, molded it and cast it in resin. A light wash was applied to highlight the ...1.5" (3.8cm) x 1.5" (3.8cm) Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognized dinosaurs due to the two rows of plates running down its back.

To make this pendant, I sculpted a scaled down Stegosaurus pate, molded it and cast it in resin. A light wash was applied to highlight the detail. It is attached by a jump ring to a 36" 2mm cord that is tied off at the end.

Simply cut the ends of the cord and tie it off to make it any size you wish. It comes with an informative label about the science behind the design. Each item is handmade and hand colored so there may be subtle variations from one to another.

Each one is unique. STEGOSAURUS Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognized dinosaurs due to the two rows of bony plates running down its back and the two pairs of long spikes extending out from its tail. Each tail spike could be 2 to 3 feet long The 17 flat plates vary in size and shape with the largest above the hips.

There the plates could be as large as two feet high and two feet wide. They were not attached to the skeleton, but anchored in the skin. Stegosaurus was about the size of a bus, averaging 30 feet long and 14 feet tall.

Although armor made it look formidable, Stegosaurus was an herbivore, feeding on plants such as mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. The tail spikes were defensive. After all, the Stegosaurus lived among the fierce predators Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus and Torvosaurus.

One Allosaurus shoulder blade has a puncture that a stegosaur tail spike fits into perfectly! The plates arrayed on the back may have been used for display purposes between individuals. The thin plates had blood vessels running into large chambers inside and may have helped regulate body temperature by collecting or radiating heat as needed. The first stegosaur was found in 1877 and since then the remains of more than 80 individuals have been discovered around the world.

Among these is a small juvenile from Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. Three species of Stegosaurus have be identified in the Jurassic (148 million years ago) Morrison Formation of Western North America.