Scutellosaurus
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| Scutellosaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic |
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 Scutellosaurus lawleri
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Scutellosaurus (meaning "little-shielded lizard") is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur that lived in North America around 208 to 220 million years ago, in the Early Jurassic times. It is classified in Thyreophora, the armoured dinosaurs; its closest relative may have been Scelidosaurus, another armored dinosaur which was mainly a quadrupedal dinosaur, unlike bipedal Scutellosaurus.
Scutellosaurus was around 1.3 m (4 ft 4 inches) long, 0.5 m (18 in) tall at the hips, and weighed 10 kg (22 lb). The fossil evidence includes two partial skeletons recovered from Arizona, although of the skull only the lower jaw has been recovered. There are also several hundred scutes running along its neck to its back and as far down as its tail.
[edit] References
- The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia, D. Dixon, 1998 (ISBN 0-7064-3238-X)
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