Scelidosaurus

Scelidosaurus

Skel-is-doe-sore-us

Name meaning: Limb Lizard

Time Period: Sinemurian to Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) 196.5–183 Mya

Locations: England-‬Dorset

Taxonomy: Ornithischia-‬Thyreophora-Thyreophoroidea-‬Scelidosauridae

Subspecies: S. ‬harrisonii

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Scelidosaurus is an interesting case being a thyreophoran, the group that makes up stegosaurs and ankylosaurs: it could be a transitional species from stegosaurus to ankylosaur or its own thing. One of the more interesting aspects of it is how it could stand bipedally

By Mohamad Haghani https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48ox1q Mark Witton https://www.markwitton.co.uk/palaeoart?pgid=kvcjcz2d-29c2c681-399c-4cb8-ac76-d8cb37d65113 By Thedinosaurmann https://www.facebook.com/Therealdinosaurmann/posts/some-personal-paleoart-of-scelidosaurus/979680837491347/
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Prehistoric Kingdom
Scelidosaurus: YDAW Archive (Re-upload + Corrections)