Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Scutellosaurus Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert 1981
/skuːˌtɛloʊˈsɔːrəs/
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 201.4–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Arizona
Formation
Kayenta
Dig sites
17
distinct collections
Overview
Scutellosaurus lawleri is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–184.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Arizona, United States. It was named by Colbert 1981. The species is represented by 17 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~49%
well attested
Based on 17 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Scutellosaurus lawleri sits in deep time
Scutellosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Scutellosaurus lawleri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.