Everything Dinosaur has commissioned a Stellasaurus scale drawing for use in the company’s Stellasaurus ancellae fact sheet.  The PNSO Stellasaurus figure is due to arrive in a few weeks and sales of this centrosaurine will include the free Stellasaurus fact sheet.

Stellasaurus scale drawing.

A Stellasaurus (S. ancellae) scale drawing. Scientists think this centrosaurine from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana measured around five metres in length. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

A Stellasaurus Scale Drawing

This horned dinosaur was formally described in 2020 (Wilson, Ryan and Evans). Its fossils are associated with the famous Two Medicine Formation of Montana (USA). When first studied, the fragmentary remains were thought to represent a new taxon. However, subsequent studies assigned the material to Rubeosaurus. The 2020, study led to a reassessment and the Stellasaurus genus was erected.

To read Everything Dinosaur’s article about the discovery of Stellasaurus: Stellasaurus “Star Lizard”.

Many palaeontologists view this species as an intermediate between Styracosaurus albertensis and Einiosaurus procurvicornis.

PNSO Stella the Stellasaurus.

The new horned dinosaur figure, the PNSO Stella the Stellasaurus.  A fact sheet is being prepared by Everything Dinosaur to accompany sales of this centrosaurine model.

The Centrosaurine Stellasaurus ancellae

Stellasaurus ancellae is thought to have measured approximately five metres in length.  It weighed around two tonnes, and it lived during the Campanian faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous (circa 75 million years ago).

To view the range of PNSO models and figures in stock: PNSO Prehistoric Animal Models and Figures.

The genus name translates from the Latin as “star lizard”. This reflects the ornate, star-shaped head crest but also honours the late pop star David Bowie. David Bowie was famous for his extravagant outfits and flamboyant stage show. His hit single “Starman” was released on April 28th, 1972. This is almost forty-eight years to the day that the Stellasaurus scientific paper was published.

Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“We like to commission scale drawings of prehistoric animals.  This means we can support the palaeoart community.  The fact sheets we research and write are sent out free to our customers. It is one of the ways in which we try to support education and science communication.”

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