Scutellosaurus Colbert 1981 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 53:1-61

Parent taxon: Thyreophora according to B. T. Breeden et al. 2021

See also Barrett 2001, Battail 1986, Benton 1990, Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1981, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Dong 2001, Galton 1983, Han et al. 2012, Madzia et al. 2018, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Milner and Norman 1984, Nesbitt et al. 2007, Norman 1984, Norman et al. 2004, Russell 1984, Sereno 1991, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Ulansky 2014, Weishampel 2004 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

Sister taxa: Andhrasaurus, Ankylosauria, Bienosaurus, Bienosaurus lufengensis, Emausaurus, Jakapil, Lusitanosaurus, Lusitanosaurus liasicus, Omosaurus hastiger, Peishansaurus, Scelidosauria, Scelidosauridae, Scelidosaurus, Scelidosaurus arizonensis, Sinopeltosaurus, Stegosauria, Stegosaurides, Stegosauromorpha, Tatisaurus, Taveirosaurus, Thyreophoroidea, Yuxisaurus

Subtaxa: Scutellosaurus lawleri

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (18: Arizona collections)

Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences

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