Scelidosaurus
"Big Lizard"
Length
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Time,
Million Years Ago
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Place
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3m - 4m
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195
- 190
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England
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First
Named
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Discoverer
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Family
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1868
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Owen
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Thyreophora
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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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