Scelidosaurus
genus · Owen 1859 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 13 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
205.7–174.7 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
13 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 31 million years, from 205.7 to 174.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 174.7 million years old — that is roughly 582 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Scelidosaurus was named in 1859 (Owen 1859) — 167 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).