Talk:Kentrosaurus
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I started this article before I had an account and am pleased to see that it's evolved into something far more complete. Any chance of us finding a picture in the public domain? Agentsoo 15:36, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Done! Took this piccy in 1995 at the really cool museum in Berlin Cas Liber 12:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Was the spike really over the hips? It's more commonly placed over the shoulders (though of course there might have been something more recent I don't know about. Also this paragraph:
- "Kentrosaurus also differed from Stegosaurus in one other key feature — the pronounced spines on the backbone, near the hip and tail region, that characterise the vertebrae of a Stegosaurus were absent from Kentrosaurus. Therefore, Kentrosaurus could not rear up on its hind legs. Indeed, the length of the thigh bone compared with the rest of the leg indicates that Kentrosaurus was a slow and inactive dinosaur."
...isn't logically sound, and needs a reference or a re-write. John.Conway 17:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stegosaurus
I don't particularly like the constant comparisons to Stegosaurus. The article reads like the differences between Kentrosaurus and Stegosaurus, not like an article about the animal itself. John.Conway 17:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Since Stegosaurus is already well-known to the public, it's only natural to base descriptions of Kentrosaurus on Stegosaurus, noting both the similarities and the differences. If you can find a better way to write the article, so that the description loses no detail and the reader can still picture what Kentrosaurus looked like, feel free to do so. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- I can see both sides. I tried to reorganize the headings like the other dino pages. Could probably streamlime the stego refs a bit.Cas Liber 23:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Since Stegosaurus is already well-known to the public, it's only natural to base descriptions of Kentrosaurus on Stegosaurus, noting both the similarities and the differences. If you can find a better way to write the article, so that the description loses no detail and the reader can still picture what Kentrosaurus looked like, feel free to do so. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yesterday afternoon, I did a sort of 'compromise' edit, which I hope will improve the situation, by keeping the 'best of both worlds' - sorry not to have flagged it up on this discussion page before now - Ballista 06:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
