Dacentrurus

- Other Names: Omosaurus
- Pronunciation: DAY-sen-TROO-rus
- Translation: Very Sharp Tail
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Thyreophora
- Infraorder: Stegosauria
- Family: Stegosauridae
- Height: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Length: 15 feet (4.6 meters)
- Period: Late Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
- Notes: Instead of plates, this four-legged, plant-eating dinosaur had two rows of huge spikes running along its back and tail. Dacentrus was discovered in England but fragments of otherspecimens have been found in France and Portugal.