![Scelidosaurus](/discover/dino-directory/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fresources%2Fnature-online%2Flife%2Fdinosaurs%2Fdinosaur-directory%2Fimages%2Freconstruction%2Fsmall%2Fscelid.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
- Type of dinosaur:
- armoured dinosaur
- Length:
- 4.0m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 208-194 million years ago
- Found in:
- England,
- United Kingdom
![Scelidosaurus](/discover/dino-directory/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fresources%2Fnature-online%2Flife%2Fdinosaurs%2Fdinosaur-directory%2Fimages%2Freconstruction%2Fsmall%2Fscelidosaurus-desktop.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Scelidosauridae
- Named by:
- Owen (1868)
- Type species:
- harrisonii