Species: harrisonii OWEN, 1861
Etymology:
= Scelidosaurus harrisoni (OWEN, 1861)

Lectotype: NHMUK (old BMNH) R1111

Locality: Charmouth, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Sinemurian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

Paratypes:

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39496: Adjacent extremities of the right femur, fibula, and the tibia cemented by matrix.

Note: This is most certainly a theropod, also GSM 109660: Fragmentary left femur, GSM 109561: Terminal phalange. = Merosaurus newmani WELLS, POWELL & PICKERING, 1995, (nomen nudum).

Referred material:

CLARK, 1993

Locality: Below Stonebarrow Hill, near Charmouth, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kigndom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material:

BRISTOL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERY: Skull of a juvenile, and skin impressions.

BRISTOL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERY: A few isolated bones of an adult and parts of another young animal.

 

LYDEKKER, 1888

Locality: Lyme Regis coast, Pinhay Bay- Charmouth, (SY 3291-SY 3794), Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Hettangian-Pliensbachian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Early Jurassic.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39517: An imperfect anterior caudal vertebra.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39517a: 2 posterior caudal vertebrae, one imperfect.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41327: 2 posterior caudal vertebrae.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39518: A chevron.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41324: The imperfect glenoidal half of the right scapula.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41325: The shaft of the right humerus.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41322: Left femur.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 42069: Distal portion of a right femur of a small individual.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 40503: Proximal half of a small left tibia.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41328: 3 metatarsals.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 42070: A phalangeal.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39519: 2 phalangeals (one imperfect).

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39520: A terminal phalanx.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39516: Numerous imperfect dermal spines.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41329: Several dermal spines.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 42068: Numerous dermal spines.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 39497: An undetermined long-bone, wanting the extremities.

NHMUK (old BMNH) 41323, 42074: 2 undetermined bones.

 

MARTILL, 1991

Locality: Foreshore at Charmouth, approximate national grid reference SY 376 927, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Black Ven Marls.

Biostratigraphy: A. obtusus zone.

Age: Lowest Upper Sinemurian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material:

BRSM Ce12785: Portions of skull, lower jaw, dentition , a nearly complete ?pes, parts of the pelvic girdle and several vertebrae, two pieces of shale from one of the fallen blocks display portions of kerogenised skin and armour of a juvenile.

 

NORMAN, 2019

Locality: Black Ven, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Topstones Bed.

Biostratigraphy: Obtusum Zone.

Age: Lowest Upper Sinemurian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material:

CAMSM X39256 (Cambridge specimen): Partially articulated skeleton.

BRSMG LEGL 0004 (Charmouth specimen 2): Nearly complete skull and skeleton.

 

Locality: From the beach, about midway between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Topstones Bed.

Biostratigraphy: Obtusum Zone.

Age: Lowest Upper Sinemurian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material:

BRSMG LEGL 0005 (Charmouth specimen 1): Partial skeleton.

SPALDING, 1993

Locality: England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy: A. obtusus zone.

Age: Lowest Upper Sinemurian Stage, Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Age: Early Jurassic.

Material:

NHMUK (old BMNH) R6704 (Jackson specimen): Skull with front end and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: P. 68.

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