A fact from Timeline of stegosaur research appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June2015. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that over the course of the history of stegosaur research, their iconicback plates have been thought to function as armor plating, to regulate body temperature, or to attract mates?
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Up until the 1920s or '30s, ankylosaurs were considered a subgroup of stegosaurs, until somebody decided to elevate them to their own "order." Should they be included or mentioned? Dinoguy2 (talk) 17:00, 12 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
