The dinosaurs were probably cold-blooded, so would have had to rely on some aspects of their environment to regulate their body temperature. The plates of Stegosaurus are very broad and thin.

Are any dinosaurs warm-blooded?

Dinosaurs sit at an evolutionary point between birds, which are warm-blooded, and reptiles, which are cold-blooded. Our results suggest that all major groups of dinosaurs had warmer body temperatures than their environment.

What creatures are warm-blooded?

Basically, warm-blooded animals include birds and mammals. There are many birds and mammals in the world, but not nearly as many as there are insects, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.