But that wasn't the only stegosaur specimen on display here.

但该标本并不是这里展出的唯一剑龙标本。

This is an animal called Dacentrurus, and Dacentrurus is actually the first stegosaur to ever be scientifically described.

这是一种锐龙属动物，实际上锐龙属是第一个被科学描述的剑龙。

The most famous member of the stegosaurs was Stegosaurus, which lived late in the Jurassic Period.

剑龙类恐龙中最著名的成员是剑龙，它生活在侏罗纪晚期。

It's T-shaped in cross-section and we only see T-shaped ribs in stegosaurs and in ankylosaurs.

背肋骨横截面呈 T 形，只出现在剑龙类和甲龙类身上。

Well, this is the first one ever found, so it was the road map for understanding what stegosaurs look like.

这是有史以来第一个被发现的剑龙标本，也是了解剑龙外貌的指南。

Stegosaurs are very much like their armored cousin the ankylosaurs in having very small forelegs and very long hind legs.

剑龙的前腿很短而后腿又很长，这一点很像它们带甲的亲戚甲龙。

To unlock the secrets inside its skeleton, the team needs to create a digital model of the stegosaur.

为了解开剑龙骨骼内部的秘密，研究小组需要创建一个剑龙的数字模型。

One of the most interesting debates about the stegosaur is the function of the plates that run along their back.

关于剑龙最有趣的争论之一就是它们背部骨板的功能。

The most recent theory is that stegosaurs had scutes because … they just looked awesome.

最近的理论是剑龙长有鳞片是因为… … 它们看起来棒极了。

They form the giant plates on the back of the stegosaurs.

它们在剑龙的背上形成巨大的板块。

Osteoderms are what give ankylosaurs and stegosaurs their spiky appearance.

骨皮是甲龙和剑龙具有尖锐外观的原因。

The aetosaurs, for example, were gone, but stegosaurs and ankylosaurs eventually took their place as armor-covered herbivores.

例如，翼龙消失了，但剑龙和甲龙最终取而代之， 成为披着盔甲的食草动物。

The specimen is from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco, from a site where we named the stegosaur Adratiklit a couple of years ago.

该标本来自摩洛哥侏罗纪中期，几年前我们命名其为山岳剑龙。

The stegosaur probably wasn't the most high-functioning of dinosaurs, but really they did well enough to survive for several tens of millions of years.

剑龙可能不是功能最强大的恐龙，但确实生存很久，存活了几千万年。

In 2014, the study of an Allosaurus fossil from Wyoming showed that its pubic bone had a puncture wound that matched the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.

2014 年，对来自怀俄明州的异特龙化石的研究表明，它的耻骨有一个与剑龙尾巴上的尖刺相匹配的刺伤。

The spikes on the stegosaur tail, the knob of bone at end of the ankylosaur tail, and all of the small and large spikes on the ankylosaurs.

剑龙尾巴上的尖刺，甲龙尾巴末端的骨节，以及甲龙上所有的大小尖刺。

And although we don't know exactly how a male and female stegosaur would have gotten together to fertilize their eggs, we do know that they were very successful at it.

虽然我们不确切知道雄性和雌性剑龙如何聚在一起使它们的卵受精，但我们知道它们在这方面非常成功。