Stagonolepis

Taxobox
name = "Stagonolepis"
fossil_range = Late Triassic

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image_width = 300px
image_caption = "Stagonolepis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Aetosauria
familia = Stagonolepididae
genus = "Stagonolepis"

"Stagonolepis" is an extinct genus of archosaur reptile belonging to the aetosaur order. It was about 3 m (10 ft) long.

An aetosaur, "Stagonolepis" was a quadrupedal animal covered in thick scutes that ran down the length of the animal's body. A slow-moving browser, it used this heavy body armor to repel attacks from contemporary thecodont carnivores. "Stagonolepis" had a very small head for its size; it was only 25 cm (10 in), accounting for less than 10% of the total body length. It had no teeth in the front of its jaws, but a beak-like tip that arched upwards, allowing it to uproot plants (similar to how a pig uses its snout), including horsetails, ferns, and the newly evolved cycads.

Fossil remains of the animal have been found in Scotland.