Loricatosaurus

Loricatosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–161.2 Ma
Fossils originally referred to Lexovisaurus, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Clade: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Genus: Loricatosaurus
Maidment et al., 2008
Type species
Loricatosaurus priscus
Nopcsa, 1911
Synonyms

Loricatosaurus (meaning "armored lizard") is a Stegosaurid genus from Callovian-age (Middle Jurassic) rocks of England and France.[1]

  1. ^ Maidment, Susannah C.R.; Norman, David B.; Barrett, Paul M.; Upchurch, Paul (2008). "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6 (4): 1. Bibcode:2008JSPal...6..367M. doi:10.1017/S1477201908002459. S2CID 85673680.