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The deep jungles of Subterramundus house a lot of unique and unexpected fauna. Perhaps the most unexpected of these is moriostegus gullibulia, the last stegosaur of Subterramundus.
These stegosaurs are descended from dacentrurus type stegosaurs with long necks and tall spiked plates. Rather than thagomizers, these stegosaurs have evolved a hatchet-like tail similar to that of parankylosaurs such as stegourus. Like their ancestors, the plates of moriostegus are arranged asymmetrically.
Moriostega is a reclusive social herbivore that lives in small herds of up to fifty animals, mostly females and their young and led by a single male. Males are easily distinguished by their larger size, longer plates and bright red nasal and throat pouches. They also have longer spurs and arms scutes which bulls use to fight one another.
Moriostegus only lay three eggs and exhibit unusually prolonged parental care. Females are allowed to stay with the herd if food is abundant. As soon as they reach maturity, young bucks are kicked out by the dominant male of the herd. Some males however, develop smaller morphs and duller colouration in order to blend in with the females of another herd. This allows them to mate with the females without being detected by the dominant male.
Moriostegus have two prehensile members that stick out sideways from under their tails. In courtship, the male flushes these members with bright colours. Adding to this rather gross display, the male inflates the throat and nasal sacs and sings with a deep drumming voice to prove his health and suitability.

April fools! Yeah sorry about that. Although stegosaurs did enter Subterramundus, they did not manage to survive to the present day. I know some of you might have been excited at the idea of stegosaurs in Subterramundus, or just speculative stegosaurs in general, so the least I could do was try to make the “Fool’s stegosaur” as interesting as I could.

Description

The deep jungles of Subterramundus house a lot of unique and unexpected fauna. Perhaps the most unexpected of these is moriostegus gullibulia, the last stegosaur of Subterramundus.
These stegosaurs are descended from dacentrurus type stegosaurs with long necks and tall spiked plates. Rather than thagomizers, these stegosaurs have evolved a hatchet-like tail similar to that of parankylosaurs such as stegourus. Like their ancestors, the plates of moriostegus are arranged asymmetrically.
Moriostega is a reclusive social herbivore that lives in small herds of up to fifty animals, mostly females and their young and led by a single male. Males are easily distinguished by their larger size, longer plates and bright red nasal and throat pouches. They also have longer spurs and arms scutes which bulls use to fight one another.
Moriostegus only lay three eggs and exhibit unusually prolonged parental care. Females are allowed to stay with the herd if food is abundant. As soon as they reach maturity, young bucks are kicked out by the dominant male of the herd. Some males however, develop smaller morphs and duller colouration in order to blend in with the females of another herd. This allows them to mate with the females without being detected by the dominant male.
Moriostegus have two prehensile members that stick out sideways from under their tails. In courtship, the male flushes these members with bright colours. Adding to this rather gross display, the male inflates the throat and nasal sacs and sings with a deep drumming voice to prove his health and suitability.

April fools! Yeah sorry about that. Although stegosaurs did enter Subterramundus, they did not manage to survive to the present day. I know some of you might have been excited at the idea of stegosaurs in Subterramundus, or just speculative stegosaurs in general, so the least I could do was try to make the “Fool’s stegosaur” as interesting as I could.