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01 Stegouros by Luis Pérez López, paleoartist:

Artistic reconstruction of the life appearance of the new species of armoured dinosaur
Stegouros elengassen. artist for credit: Luis Pérez López

02 Stegouros by Mauricio Alvarez, paleoartist

The life appearance and environment of the new species of armoured dinosaur Stegouros
elengassen. The image reflects the paleoenvironment of meanders and lake bodies in a deltaic
fan at the edge of the old Austral basin, with plant assemblages reconstructed from fossils at
nearby levels, typical of this region of Gondwana. Artist for credit: Mauricio Álvarez
03 Digital dissection of the tail Weapon of Stegouros. Credit: José Palma and Joao Francisco
Botelho

Digital reconstruction of the unique tail weapon of the new species of armoured dinosaur
Stegouros elengassen. The tail was encased in pairs of dermal bones; a portion of the dermal
bones has been digitally sliced away, to reveal the tail vertebrae within. Different colors signal
physically separate bones; many dermal bones have fused into a single unit (liliac). Credit: José
Palma and Joao Francisco Botelho

04 Stegouros sculpture by Lucas Jaymez, paleoartist @dinoesculturas

3-D model (sculpture) of the life appearance of the new species of armoured dinosaur
Stegouros elengassen. Artist for credit: Lucas Jaymez. Social media: @dinoesculturas
05 Stegouros sculpture by Lucas Jaymez, paleoartist @dinoesculturas

3-D model (sculpture) of the life appearance of the new species of armoured dinosaur
Stegouros elengassen. Artist for credit: Lucas Jaymez. Social media: @dinoesculturas

06 CT scanning of the fossils

Fossils of Stegouros entering a medical scanner for computerized tomography. No photograph

credit required.

07 Hips legs and tail of Stegouros. No photograph credit required.

Fossils of the hip, legs and tail of Stegouros, under study at the fossil preparation lab of the
Palaeontological Network of the University of Chile (Red Paleontológica U. Chile). No
photograph credit required.
08 Leading author Sergio Soto. No photograph credit required.

Chilean paleontologists Sergio Soto and Alexander Vargas were the leading authors of the 19-
person team that completed the exhaustive study published in Nature. No photograph credit
required.

10 VIDEO. Tail Weapon (still image). Credit: José Palma and Joao Francisco Botelho

3D reconstruction of the tail weapon of Stegouros based on the digital segmentation of a CT scan
volume. Credit: José Palma and Joao Francisco Botelho
11. Preparing plaster jackets. No photo credit required

To remove and transport the fossil, the entire block of rock that contains it is covered in a
special plaster jacket that protects it and holds it together until it can be prepared in the lab. In
the picture, from left to right: Sergio Soto, Héctor Ortiz, and Jonatan Kaluza. No photo credit
required.

12. Preparing plaster jackets. No photo credit required

To remove and transport the fossil, the entire block of rock that contains it is covered in a
special plaster jacket that protects it and holds it together until it can be prepared in the lab. In
the picture, from left to right: Jonatan Kaluza, Héctor Ortiz, and Sergio Soto. No photo credit
required.

13. VIDEO. Preparing plaster jackets (still image) No credit required

14 The Site on a sunny day. No photo credit required

15 The site on a cold day No photo credit required

16 Carrying the fossil to the campsite. No photo credit required

The fossil was found in a hill so transportation back to the camp was challenging. No photo
credit required

17 Carrying the fossil to the campsite No photo credit required

17 VIDEO Carrying the fossil to the campsite (still image). No credit required

19 Animation Gabriel Diaz Yantén. Credit: Gabriel Diaz Yantén

Animated reconstruction of the life appearance of Stegouros. Artist for credit: Gabriel Diaz
Yantén

20 Animation Gabriel Diaz Yantén. Credit: Gabriel Diaz Yantén

Animated reconstruction of the life appearance of Stegouros. Artist for credit: Gabriel Diaz
Yantén
21 Stegouros fossil assemble - Francisco Hueichaleo. Credit: Francisco Hueichaleo

Preserved skeletal elements of Stegouros assembled from CT scans of all bones. Artist for
credit: Francisco Hueichaleo

22 Stegouros fossil assemble - Francisco Hueichaleo. Credit: Francisco Hueichaleo

Preserved skeletal elements of Stegouros assembled from CT scans of all bones. Artist for
credit: Francisco Hueichaleo

23 Stegouros fossil assemble - Francisco Hueichaleo. Credit: Francisco Hueichaleo

Preserved skeletal elements of Stegouros assembled from CT scans of all bones. Artist for
credit: Francisco Hueichaleo