- Length
- 6 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Late Jurassic154 to 150 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- England, France, Portugal
- Named by
- Lucas (1902)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Stegosauria › Stegosauridae
Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33
Found in Britain. Fossils of Dacentrurus have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.
Lived at the same time
- Camptosaurus · same country
- Torvosaurus · same country
- Ceratosaurus · same country
- Hylaeosaurus · same country
- Lusotitan · same country
- Metriacanthosaurus · same country
- Barosaurus
- Chinshakiangosaurus
Other armoured dinosaurs
- Gargoyleosaurus Late Jurassic
- Hesperosaurus Late Jurassic
- Kentrosaurus Late Jurassic
- Stegosaurus Late Jurassic
- Tuojiangosaurus Late Jurassic
- Hylaeosaurus Early Cretaceous
- Chungkingosaurus Late Jurassic
- Yingshanosaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Dacentrurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.