Stegosaurus Jurassic Forest T-Shirt — Plate 004

A Stegosaurus browses low plants in a Jurassic riverside forest, its two alternating rows of plates catching dappled light, four spikes on the tail.

Plate 004 of the Deep Time Atlas: museum-style paleo-art of Stegosaurus stenops, reconstructed from fossil evidence and current research.

Field notes

• Period and age: Late Jurassic, about 155–150 million years ago
• Where found: Morrison Formation: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah (USA)
• Habitat: Seasonally dry floodplain, with greener forests along rivers
• Plants: Conifers, cycads, ginkgoes, tree ferns, horsetails; no flowers and no grass
• Neighbors: Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus
• Debated: What the plates were for; exact plate angle; color unknown

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), soft and lightweight
• Pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Printed on demand (DTG) for you; blank sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras or the US

Note: the fabric is slightly sheer and may show through a little in lighter colors.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.