Scelidosaurus
"Big Lizard"

Length
Time, Million Years Ago
Place
3m - 4m
195 - 190
England

First Named
Discoverer
Family
1868
Owen
Thyreophora

Scelidosaurus was an early dinosaur illustration of a transition between the small, bipedal Scutellosaurus and the larger, heavily armored ankylosaurs. Considered by some to be a primitive ankylosaur, it also strongly resembles primitive stegosaurs.

Type Species Information
After which the Genus is named

Scelidosaurus harisonii
Remains: 2 skeletons (1 juvenile)

© 2002 Gavin Rymill

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