Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Scutellosaurus Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert 1981
/skuːˌtɛloʊˈsɔːrəs/
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 201.4–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Scutellosaurus lawleri is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–184.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
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.