Genus
Valid Extinct

Loricatosaurus

Maidment et al. 2008

Loricatosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur known from Callovian-aged rocks of England and France.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Loricatosaurus
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Vertebrae and spike of Lexovisaurus, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Neostegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosaurinae Subfamily
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Loricatosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Marnes à Belemnopsis latesulcatus
1
Oxford Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Loricatosaurus priscus 165 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, and P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, and P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton. 1991. Postcranial remains of stegosaurian dinosaur Dacentrurus from Upper Jurassic of France and Portugal. Geologica et Palaeontologica 25:299-327