Researchers hope to learn how much it weighed, how it moved and what it used its iconic back plates for.
Professor Paul Barrett, the lead dinosaur researcher at London's Natural History Museum said although Stegosauruses were one of the most well known dinosaurs, they were among those that scientists knew the least about.
"Stegosaurus is an iconic dinosaur, it's instantly recognisable thanks to that array of plates and spines along the back," he said.
"But, rather surprisingly, we know actually quite little about it due to the rarity of the skeletons and also due to the fact it's not been subject to a lot of up to date analytical techniques.
"So we're hoping to really update our picture of Stegosaurus using very cutting edge computer-based techniques to really get into he details of its lifestyle."
The specimen was 80 per cent complete and measured 5.6 metres long and 2.9 metres tall.
Researchers believed the creature died as a young adult.
Stegosaurs can measure up to 9 metres when fully grown.
The dinosaur was discovered in a quarry 11 years ago at a ranch in Wyoming, United States.
Researchers don't know if it was male or female, but they're dubbed the creature 'Sophie' in honour of the daughter of the man who brokered the deal to buy the specimen.
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