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Have dinosaur-sized fun with free stegosaurus coloring pages. Here, you will find a treasure trove of 25 black-and-white line drawings that are easy to print, color and enjoy.
Stegosaurus were big and distinctive herbivores that lived between 140 and 160 million years ago. They are best known for the plates on their backs and the spikes that adorned their tails.
Because of these traits, they have become one of the most recognizable dinosaurs and have appeared in lots of films, books and other media.
This collection caters to fans of all ages, as you will find drawings that are simple and cartoony as well as ones that are more detailed and realistic.
There will also be some fun facts shared throughout the collection that any dinosaur fan will find fascinating!
25 Free Stegosaurus Coloring Pages To Print And Color
1. Baby Stegosaurus Hatching From An Egg
We’re witnessing a very special moment as this baby stegosaurus emerges from its egg!
While we can’t know for sure, it’s generally assumed that a baby stegosaurus would be born with the plates on its back already formed to some extent.
2. Cartoon Baby Stegosaurus Coloring Sheet For Kids
It’s a beautiful day for adventure for this adorable baby stegosaurus.
Paleontologists have tried to discover what their back plates were used for, and their best guesses are that they were used for defense or to help absorb sunlight.
3. Cartoon Stegosaurus Smiling
4. Big Eyed Baby Stegosaurus
No one can deny that this little baby stegosaurus is just adorable!
It’s believed that stegosauruses primarily roamed areas that are now found in the United States and Portugal.
5. Realistic Stegosaurus With Plates
6. Simple Cartoon Stegosaurus
We can’t know for sure what color the stegosaurus would have been, so you can choose any colors you like for this simple stegosaurus.
Did you know that the stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut? That’s a tiny brain for such a large creature!
7. Two Dinosaurs Meeting
8. Stegosaurus And Triceratops
This page imagines a ‘what if’ scenario that shows a baby stegosaurus hanging out with a triceratops.
In reality, this wouldn’t have been possible as these two dinosaurs lived in different periods.
The triceratops were around about 68 million years ago, making them a more recent species in the timeline.
9. Spotted Stegosaurus
10. Stegosaurus Eating Plants
It’s time for lunch for this stegosaurus as it munches on some tasty leaves.
It’s believed that the stegosaurus would often swallow small rocks and pebbles in order to help it digest the tough plants it would feed on.
In fact, this was a practice many dinosaur herbivores would practice.
11. Stegosaurus With Hatching Babies
12. Fossilized Stegosaurus Footprint
When paleontologists are very lucky, they will find fossilized footprints such as this one.
These were formed when a dinosaur would walk in thick mud, and then over time they would fill with rocks and pebbles to eventually become fossilized into rock.
13. Grazing Stegosaurus In A Prehistoric Landscape
14. Stegosaurus In A Lush Valley
15. Stegosaurus Drinking From A River
16. Roaring Stegosaurus
We’ll never know for sure what a stegosaurus may have sounded like, but you can imagine what it could have been like as you color this page.
The stegosaurus had a spiky mass at the end of its tail that was probably used for defense.
It’s informally referred to as a thagomizer by some paleontologists as a reference to a cartoon by Gary Larson.
17. Stegosaurus Skeleton In A Museum
18. Stegosaurus On A Rocky Hill
19. Stegosaurus With Other Dinosaurs
It’s a dinosaur party as we see a pterosaur, a diplodocus and a stegosaurus hanging out together.
Unlike the triceratops, these three dinosaurs would have potentially been alive at the same time.
20. Easy Stegosaurus Coloring PDF For Kids
21. Stegosaurus Walking Under The Sun
22. Stegosaurus With Its Long Tail
This stegosaurus has some stripy patterns on its back, and it’s very possible that it could have had these kinds of markings.
Funnily enough, it was once believed that the stegosaurus had a second brain in its rump area, but this has since been disproven.
23. Stegosaurus With Its Tail Raised
24. Stegosaurus With Trees And Grass
25. Stegosaurus In Front Of A Volcano Coloring Page
Danger is in the air as this gigantic volcano erupts in the background.
We don’t know for sure what killed the dinosaurs, but it’s believed to have been a combination of large volcanic eruptions and an asteroid strike on the Earth.
After You Color Your Stegosaurus Pages
- Draw some more of your favorite dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurus or a velociraptor to interact with the stegosaurs, even if it wouldn’t be accurate.
- Draw some human characters to imagine what it would be like to see a stegosaurus in Jurassic Park.
- Look up some more facts about stegosaurus that you didn’t know and write them on the pages to make them educational.
- Add details such as feathers to imagine some other looks the stegosaurus may have had.
The stegosaurus was such a fascinating creature in many ways, and this collection was intended to shine the spotlight on these plated giants.
You have a lot of room to be creative as you add some colors, as we will never know for sure what they looked like, so let your creativity flow!
You can spread the dino fun by sharing some of your finished pages on your social media accounts.