Species
Valid Extinct

Scutellosaurus lawleri

Colbert 1981

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
17
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Scutellosaurus Genus
Scutellosaurus lawleri Species
Fossil sites 17 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
17
Geological formations
Kayenta
17
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
12
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
E. H. Colbert. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 53:1-61
Bibliography (6)
B. T. Breeden, T. J. Raven, and R. J. Butler, T. B. Rowe, S. C. R. Maidment. 2021. The anatomy and palaeobiology of the early armoured dinosaur Scutellosaurus lawleri (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Kayenta Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Arizona. Royal Society Open Science 8(7):201676:1-43 DOI ↗
M. T. Carrano. 2021. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, Texas Memorial Museum / Texas Science & Natural History Museum
B. T. Breeden and T. B. Rowe. 2020. New specimens of Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert,1981, from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation in Arizona elucidate the early evolution of thyreophoran dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(4):e1791894:1-32 DOI ↗
K. Padian. 1989. Presence of the dinosaur Scelidosaurus indicates Jurassic age for the Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group, northern Arizona). Geology 17:438-441 DOI ↗
J. M. Clark and D. E. Fastovsky. 1986. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Glen Canyon Group in northern Arizona. The Beginning of the Age of the Dinosaurs: Faunal change across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press
E. H. Colbert. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 53:1-61