Fig. 5
From: Internal vascularity of the dermal plates of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia, Thyreophora)
Computer-generated model of the larger features of the interior distributary system of Stegosaurus sp. YPM 57716 (cf. Fig. 2). The “main channel” (Figs. 3, 4) seems to be a linear vestibule running anteroposteriorly near the plate base, with large channels (presumably large nutrient foramina) entering the vestibule from below, and vascular “pipes” branching apically from it. Total mesiodistal length of this distributary system is somewhat less than the external length of the plate (356 mm)