LegendaryScutellosaurus
Scutellosaurus lawleri
skoo-TEL-oh-SORE-us· “little-shielded lizard”
🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Thyreophora
1.2 m
Length
0.4 m
Height
10 kg
Weight
One of the earliest armoured dinosaurs — yet small and light enough to run on two legs, wearing hundreds of tiny bony studs down its back.
When
Early Jurassic, ~196 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Edwin Colbert, 1981
Did you know?
- It was an early armoured dinosaur that could run on two legs.
- Hundreds of little bony studs covered its back.
- It was a distant ancestor-type of Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.