Kentrosaurus
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Kentrosaurus was a small, heavily spiked stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania, notable for the double row of plates and long defensive spikes along its back and tail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kentrosaurus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12496129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kentrosaurus Context triple: [Tendaguru Formation, yieldedFossil, Kentrosaurus]
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A.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
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B.
Marshosaurus
Marshosaurus is a medium-sized theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known primarily from fragmentary remains found in the Morrison Formation.
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C.
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.
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D.
Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus is a large, carnivorous theropod dinosaur known for its distinctive bull-like horns, lightly built body, and extremely reduced forelimbs.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kentrosaurus Target entity description: Kentrosaurus was a small, heavily spiked stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania, notable for the double row of plates and long defensive spikes along its back and tail.
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A.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
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B.
Marshosaurus
Marshosaurus is a medium-sized theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known primarily from fragmentary remains found in the Morrison Formation.
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C.
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.
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D.
Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus is a large, carnivorous theropod dinosaur known for its distinctive bull-like horns, lightly built body, and extremely reduced forelimbs.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.