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Scelidosaurus
''Scelidosaurus'' (; with the intended meaning of "limb lizard", from Greek ''skelis''/σκελίς meaning 'rib of beef' and ''sauros''/σαυρος meaning 'lizard')〔Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4〕 is a genus of herbivorous armoured ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of England.
''Scelidosaurus'' lived during the Early Jurassic Period, during the Sinemurian to Pliensbachian stages around 191 million years ago. This genus and related genera at the time lived on the supercontinent Laurasia. Its fossils have been found near Charmouth in Dorset, England, and are known for their excellent preservation. ''Scelidosaurus'' has been called the earliest complete dinosaur.〔Norman, David (2001). "''Scelidosaurus'', the earliest complete dinosaur" in ''The Armored Dinosaurs'', pp 3-24. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-33964-2.〕〔The same claim has been made for ''Compsognathus''〕 It is the most completely known dinosaur of the British Isles. Despite this, a modern description is still lacking. After initial finds in the 1850s, comparative anatomist Richard Owen named and described ''Scelidosaurus'' in 1859. Only one species, ''Scelidosaurus harrisonii'' named by Owen in 1861, is considered valid today, although one other species has been proposed in 1996.
''Scelidosaurus'' was about long. It was a largely quadrupedal animal, feeding on low scrubby plants, the parts of which were bitten off by the small, elongated head to be processed in the large gut. ''Scelidosaurus'' was lightly armoured, protected by long horizontal rows of keeled oval scutes, that stretched along the neck, back and tail.
One of the oldest known and most "primitive" of the thyreophorans, the exact placement of ''Scelidosaurus'' within this group has been the subject of debate for nearly 150 years. This was not helped by the limited additional knowledge about the early evolution of armoured dinosaurs. Today most evidence indicates that ''Scelidosaurus'' is a basal member of the Thyreophora, more basal than, and ancestral to, the two more advanced clades of Thyreophoran, Stegosauridae and Ankylosauria.
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