Reptilia - Ornithischia - Scelidosauridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104
Parent taxon: Thyreophoroidea according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024
See also Bakker 1986, Baur 1891, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Cooper 1985, Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Cope 1883, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Cope 1898, Dollo 1884, Dong 2001, Galton 1980, Galton 1983, Galton 1985, Gilmore 1914, Gilmore 1919, Hay 1930, Hennig 1915, Huxley 1870, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Lull 1924, Lydekker 1888, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1880, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1896, Matthew 1915, Norman 1984, Ostrom 1980, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1882, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1974, Thulborn 1975, Thulborn 1977, Ulansky 2014, Van Den Broeck 1900, von Zittel 1911 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Eurypoda, Jakapil, Yuxisaurus
Subtaxa: Emausaurus Scelidosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (11)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence