Rare Rock Mosaic Museum
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Tuojiangosaurus

Tuojiangosaurus

(Too-oh-gee-ANG-oh-SAWR-us)

A stegosaurid, quadrupedal, plant-eating dinosaur about 23 feet long with double rows of plates along its back, a toothless beak, a long low-hanging head, spoon shaped teeth, 2 shoulder spikes and a 4 spiked tail. It was from the late Jurassic Period about 163 to 150 million years ago in China and named 1977 by Shiwu Shou.

This mosaic was basically made from 1 rock called wonderstone. The eye, toes and beak were made of Oregon agate, quartz, yellow calcite respectively. You may notice that this animal is looking frontwards a backwards at the same time.