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Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Taxonomy
Scelidosaurus harrisonii was named by Owen (1861). Its type specimen is BMNH R1111, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is lower cliff face, Charmouth (BMNH), which is in a Sinemurian marine marl in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was corrected as Scelidosaurus harrisoni by Swinton (1934), Delair (1960) and Gierlinski and Pienkowski (1999); it was misspelled as Scelidosaurus harrisoni by Delair (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Ginsburg (1964), Charig (1967), Newman (1968), Macfadyen (1970), Swinton (1970), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1975), Thulborn (1977), Galton (1985), Padian (1989), Martill (1991), Vickaryous and Ryan (1997), Padian (1997), Buffetaut (1997), Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett (1999), Le Loeuff et al. (1999), Avanzini et al. (2001), Carpenter (2001), Norman (2001), Barrett (2001), Norman et al. (2004), Langer and Benton (2006), Hadri et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Norman et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Irmis and Knoll (2008), Carpenter et al. (2011), Han et al. (2012), Kirkland et al. (2013), Leahey and Salisbury (2013), Blows and Honeysett (2014), Ulansky (2014), Ulansky (2014), Arbour et al. (2014), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2019), Galton (2019), Norman (2020), Moro et al. (2020), Desojo et al. (2020) and Breeden et al. (2021).
It was corrected as Scelidosaurus harrisoni by Swinton (1934), Delair (1960) and Gierlinski and Pienkowski (1999); it was misspelled as Scelidosaurus harrisoni by Delair (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Ginsburg (1964), Charig (1967), Newman (1968), Macfadyen (1970), Swinton (1970), Thulborn (1974), Galton (1975), Thulborn (1977), Galton (1985), Padian (1989), Martill (1991), Vickaryous and Ryan (1997), Padian (1997), Buffetaut (1997), Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett (1999), Le Loeuff et al. (1999), Avanzini et al. (2001), Carpenter (2001), Norman (2001), Barrett (2001), Norman et al. (2004), Langer and Benton (2006), Hadri et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Norman et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Irmis and Knoll (2008), Carpenter et al. (2011), Han et al. (2012), Kirkland et al. (2013), Leahey and Salisbury (2013), Blows and Honeysett (2014), Ulansky (2014), Ulansky (2014), Arbour et al. (2014), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2019), Galton (2019), Norman (2020), Moro et al. (2020), Desojo et al. (2020) and Breeden et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1861 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen |
1862 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen p. 1 |
1862 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Owen p. 121 |
1870 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Cope p. 90 |
1879 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Prestwich p. 193 |
1882 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Quenstedt p. 180 |
1882 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Sauvage p. 18 |
1885 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Woodward p. 11 |
1888 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Lydekker p. 181 |
1888 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Mansel-Pleydell p. 36 |
1889 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Lydekker p. 324 |
1890 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Woodward and Sherborn p. 283 |
1890 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Zittel p. 741 |
1895 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Marsh p. 687 |
1896 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Mansel-Pleydell p. 119 |
1896 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Marsh p. 229 figs. Pl. 83 |
1898 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Woodward p. 210 |
1899 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Lambe p. 188 |
1901 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Gadow p. 425 |
1901 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Nopcsa p. 215 |
1902 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxi |
1913 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Tornier p. 373 |
1915 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Hennig p. 10 |
1928 | Scelidosaurus harisoni Perrier p. 3087 |
1934 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Swinton p. 47 |
1960 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Delair p. 84 |
1964 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Ginsburg p. 2366 |
1964 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Kuhn p. 33 |
1964 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Tatarinov p. 572 |
1967 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Charig p. 715 |
1968 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Newman p. 40 |
1970 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Macfadyen p. 99 |
1970 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Swinton p. 235 |
1974 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Thulborn p. 169 |
1975 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Galton pp. 741-742 |
1977 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Thulborn p. 727 |
1985 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Galton p. 251 |
1989 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Padian p. 439 |
1991 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Martill p. 61 |
1997 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Buffetaut p. 213 |
1997 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Padian p. 416 |
1997 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490 |
1999 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Gierlinski and Pienkowski p. 335 |
1999 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Le Loeuff et al. p. 218 |
1999 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Pereda Suberbiola and Barrett p. 177 |
2001 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Avanzini et al. p. 240 |
2001 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Barrett p. 26 |
2001 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Carpenter p. 457 |
2001 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Norman pp. 3-24 |
2004 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Norman et al. p. 337 |
2006 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Langer and Benton p. 320 fig. 5 |
2007 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Hadri et al. p. 152 |
2007 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Naish and Martill p. 494 |
2007 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Norman et al. p. 867 |
2008 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Butler et al. pp. 10-11 |
2008 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Irmis and Knoll p. 121 |
2008 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Naish and Martill p. 614 |
2011 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Carpenter et al. p. 6 |
2012 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
2013 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Kirkland et al. p. 5 |
2013 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Leahey and Salisbury p. 251 |
2014 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Arbour et al. p. 2 |
2014 | Scelidosaurus harrisoni Blows and Honeysett p. 837 |
2014 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Ulansky p. 4 |
2019 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 216 |
2019 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Galton p. 211 fig. 4 |
2020 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Desojo et al. p. 27 |
2020 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Moro et al. |
2020 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Norman p. 13 |
2021 | Scelidosaurus harrisonii Breeden et al. p. 9 |
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†Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen 1861
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. B. Norman 2020 | (Cranial only – the equivalent Diagnosis in the second part of this monograph series will add autapomorphies identified in the postcranial endoskeleton. The third part will provide a synthetic Diagnosis based on the total anatomy of this taxon). Rugose, mound-shaped projection on the premaxillae supports a small, keratinous beak; facet for the posteromedial process of the premaxilla positioned on the laterodorsal surface of the nasal; small, bean-shaped, shallow antorbital fossa delimited by a sharp edge ventrally; the sagittal crest comprises two parallel crests separated by a narrow midline trough; localized exostosis restricted largely to the angular on the mandible (no osteoderm present); epivomer plates form part of the roof of the nasal chambers; epipterygoid bone forms a small, vertically oriented, conical structure with a laterally flattened base applied to the dorsolateral surface of the pterygoid; large oblique facets on the ventrolateral wall of the basioccipital; expanded and ventrally faceted pedicle on the opisthotic; elongate epistyloid bones project obliquely (posteroventrally) from the skull; spur-like structure on the dorsal edge of the paroccipital encloses the post-temporal fenestra; a pair of large curved osteodermal horns are sutured to the posterodorsal surface of the occiput. |
Measurements
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References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Scelidosaurus harrisonii (type locality: 52260 84559 223809 223810 223811 223812 223813) Scelidosaurus sp. (96467) | |
Late/Upper Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Scelidosaurus sp. (52749) |