Dinosaurs · Armoured dinosaur
Scelidosaurus
Say it skel-EYE-doh-sore-us. The name means ‘limb lizard’.
- Length
- 4 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Early Jurassic208 to 194 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- England
- Named by
- Owen (1868)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Scelidosauridae
Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33
Found in Britain. Fossils of Scelidosaurus have been found in the United Kingdom. Read about how Britain moved across the globe in Britain's journey.
Lived at the same time
- Sarcosaurus · same country
- Thecodontosaurus · same country
- Coelophysis
- Jingshanosaurus
- Kotasaurus
- Yunnanosaurus
- Lycorhinus
- Lesothosaurus
Other armoured dinosaurs
- Scutellosaurus Early Jurassic
- Emausaurus Mid Jurassic
- Huayangosaurus Mid Jurassic
- Spicomellus Mid Jurassic
- Chungkingosaurus Late Jurassic
- Yingshanosaurus Late Jurassic
- Tuojiangosaurus Late Jurassic
- Kentrosaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Scelidosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.