Genus
Valid Extinct

Sarcolestes

Lydekker 1893

Sarcolestes is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian ornithischian dinosaur from the Oxford Clay of England. The current type and only species is S. leedsi, and the holotype is a single partial left mandible. The genus and species were named in 1893 by Richard Lydekker, who thought they belonged to a theropod.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Sarcolestes
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Figure 1, 1a. Outer and oral aspects of the imperfect dentary bone of Sarcolestes Leedsi, from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. 2/3 nat size. s = symphysis. Figure 1b. A single tooth of the former. 3/1 nat size. Figure 2, 2a. Outer aspect and quadratic cavity of the hinder region of the same jaw. 2/3 nat size. Figure 3. A single tooth of Priodontognathus Phillipsi, 3/1 nat size, shown for purposes of comparison. Specimen in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. © Richard Lydekker (July 25, 1849 - April 16, 1915) · Public domain · Wikimedia
Sarcolestes
Sarcolestes
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Sarcolestes Genus
Measurements
Length
2,1 m ⓘ
Sarcolestes leedsi
Mass
70 kg ⓘ
Sarcolestes leedsi
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Geological formations
Oxford Clay
2
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Sarcolestes leedsi 165 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1893. On the jaw of a new carnivorous dinosaur from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 49:284-287 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
P. M. Galton. 1983. Sarcolestes leedsi Lydekker, an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1983(3):141-155 DOI ↗
R. Lydekker. 1893. On the jaw of a new carnivorous dinosaur from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 49:284-287 DOI ↗