Dinosaur Sighting: Stars and Stripes Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus is one of the most immediately recognizable of all dinosaurs (it is hard to miss something with a tiny head, a back decked with bony plates, and a tail tipped in spikes), and this sculpture makes it even harder to ignore. Decked out in a top hat and stars and stripes, this piece of art celebrates Stegosaurus as one of America's most famous dinosaurs. It was one of many similarly decorated dinosaurs at Morrison, Colorado's Dinosaur Ridge, and was caught on film by paleo blogger ReBecca Hunt-Foster (or Dinochick to her fans).

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Riley Black is the author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs and many other books. She is a science correspondent for Smithsonian magazine covering fossils and natural history, and she writes about the prehistoric past for a variety of publications.