Scelidosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Europe and Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as England (United Kingdom), Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) and Tibet (China).
Quick facts about Scelidosaurus:
- Existed from 208.5 million years ago to Lower Jurassic Epoch
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 7 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Scelidosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Anonymous. 1955. British Museum (Natural History). Nature 176(4487):815-816
- D. B. Norman. 2020. Scelidosaurus harrisonii from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England: cranial anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(1):1-81
- D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, and R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley
