Full reference: R. Owen. 1859. Palaeontology. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (8th Edition) 17:91-176
Parent taxon: Thyreophora according to D. B. Norman 2020
See also Avanzini et al. 2001, Barrett 2001, Baur 1891, Benton 1990, Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Carpenter 2001, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Cope 1866, Cope 1869, Delair 1960, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Dollo 1884, Dollo 1885, Dollo 1889, Dong 2001, Gadow 1897, Gadow 1898, Gadow 1901, Galton 1983, Galton 1985, Ginsburg 1964, Han et al. 2012, Hennig 1915, Huene 1909, Joleaud 1922, Kuhn 1964, Lambe 1918, Lull 1924, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1888, Madzia et al. 2018, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Mansel-Pleydell 1888, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1880, Marsh 1882, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1896, Martill 1991, Naish and Martill 2008, Nesbitt et al. 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Norman et al. 2007, Norman et al. 2004, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Owen 1861, Owen 1862, Quenstedt 1882, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1882, Sauvage 1882, Seeley 1879, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1971, Thulborn 1974, Thulborn 1977, Tornier 1913, Ulansky 2014, von Zittel 1911, Zhao 1983, Zhou 1986 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Andhrasaurus, Ankylosauria, Bienosaurus, Bienosaurus lufengensis, Emausaurus, Jakapil, Lusitanosaurus, Lusitanosaurus liasicus, Omosaurus hastiger, Peishansaurus, Scelidosauria, Scelidosauridae, Scelidosaurus arizonensis, Scutellosaurus, Sinopeltosaurus, Stegosauria, Stegosaurides, Stegosauromorpha, Tatisaurus, Taveirosaurus, Thyreophoroidea, Yuxisaurus
Subtaxa: Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (11)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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