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Sarcolestes
Taxonomy
Sarcolestes was named by Lydekker (1893). It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Scelidosaurus by Romer (1956) and Romer (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lexovisaurus by Kuhn (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (2001).
It was assigned to Thecodontosauridae by Lydekker (1893); to Omosauridae by Huene (1909); to Ankylosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929) and Kuhn (1966); to Scelidosauridae by Charig (1967); to Stegosauridae by Nopcsa (1901), von Zittel (1911) and Swinton (1970); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); to Nodosauridae by Nopcsa (1928), Galton (1980), Galton (1983), Galton (1983), Galton (1985), Martill (1988), Carroll (1988), Galton (1994), Smith (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Ford (2000), Naish and Martill (2008) and Blows and Honeysett (2014); and to Ankylosauria by Galton (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Scelidosaurus by Romer (1956) and Romer (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lexovisaurus by Kuhn (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (2001).
It was assigned to Thecodontosauridae by Lydekker (1893); to Omosauridae by Huene (1909); to Ankylosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929) and Kuhn (1966); to Scelidosauridae by Charig (1967); to Stegosauridae by Nopcsa (1901), von Zittel (1911) and Swinton (1970); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); to Nodosauridae by Nopcsa (1928), Galton (1980), Galton (1983), Galton (1983), Galton (1985), Martill (1988), Carroll (1988), Galton (1994), Smith (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Ford (2000), Naish and Martill (2008) and Blows and Honeysett (2014); and to Ankylosauria by Galton (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1893 | Sarcolestes Lydekker p. 286 figs. Pl. 11 |
| 1901 | Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 215 |
| 1909 | Sarcolestes Huene p. 17 |
| 1911 | Sarcolestes von Zittel p. 295 |
| 1928 | Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 185 |
| 1929 | Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 70 |
| 1966 | Sarcolestes Kuhn p. 105 |
| 1967 | Sarcolestes Charig p. 715 |
| 1970 | Sarcolestes Swinton p. 244 |
| 1980 | Sarcolestes Galton pp. 827, 831-832 |
| 1983 | Sarcolestes Galton p. 6 |
| 1985 | Sarcolestes Galton p. 251 |
| 1988 | Sarcolestes Carroll |
| 1988 | Sarcolestes Martill p. 182 |
| 1994 | Sarcolestes Galton p. 726 |
| 1997 | Sarcolestes Sereno p. 440 fig. 2 |
| 1997 | Sarcolestes Smith p. 509 |
| 1998 | Sarcolestes Sereno p. 67 fig. 5 |
| 2000 | Sarcolestes Ford p. 175 |
| 2004 | Sarcolestes Vickaryous et al. p. 367 |
| 2008 | Sarcolestes Naish and Martill p. 615 |
| 2014 | Sarcolestes Blows and Honeysett p. 835 |
| 2019 | Sarcolestes Galton p. 214 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available