Sarcolestes

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iSarcolestes
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Ankylosauria
Family: Nodosauridae
Genus: Sarcolestes
Species: S. leedsi
Binomial name
Sarcolestes leedsi
Lydekker, 1893

Sarcolestes (meaning "flesh robber") was an early ankylosaurian dinosaur from Middle Jurassic England, around 160 million years ago. The type species, Sarcolestes leedsi, was described by Lydekker in 1893, but is based on very fragmentary material, including jaw bones and teeth.

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