Scelidosaurus
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| phylum | Chordata | Scelidosaurus is a genus of herbivorous armoured ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of England. Scelidosaurus was about 4 metres (13 ft) 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.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| order | Ornithischia | |
| Infraorder | Thyreophora | |
| family | Scelidosauridae | |
| genus | Scelidosaurus | |
| species | S. harrisonii | |
| Temporal range | Early Jurassic |
