List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom explained

This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically.[1] [2]

List of dinosaurs

GenusPicturePeriodDiscovery locations and dates
AcanthopholisCretaceous (late)Folkestone, Kent in [3] Gault, Kent in 2000[4]
AltispinaxCretaceous (early)Battle, East Sussex in 1856[5]
AnoplosaurusCretaceous (early)Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878[6]
AristosuchusCretaceous (early)Isle of Wight no later than 1876[7]
AsylosaurusTriassic (late)Avon Fissure Fill, Bristol in 1834[8]
BariliumCretaceous (early)St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex between 1880 and 1888[9]
BaryonyxCretaceous (early)Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983[10] Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997[11]

Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997

Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[12]

BothriospondylusJurassic (middle)Wiltshire no later than 1875[13]
BrighstoneusCretaceous (early)Grange Chine, Isle of Wight in 1978[14]
CalamosaurusCretaceous (early)Isle of Wight no later than 1889[15]
CalamospondylusCretaceous (early)Isle of Wight in 1865,[16] 1866[17] and 2014
CallovosaurusJurassic (middle)Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1889[18]
CamelotiaTriassic (late)Westbury-on-Severn, Glastonbury no later than 1985[19]
CamptosaurusJurassic (late)Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880[20]
CardiodonJurassic (late)Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire no later than 1844[21] Cirencester, Gloucestershire no later than 1890[22]
CeratosuchopsCretaceous (early)Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[23]
CetiosauriscusJurassic (mid)New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898[24]
CetiosaurusJurassic (mid)19 sites including:Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825[25]

Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841[26]

Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888[27]

ChondrosteosaurusCretaceous (early)Brighstone or Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1876[28]
CraterosaurusCretaceous (early)Potton, Bedfordshire no later than 1874[29]
CruxicheirosJurassic (middle)Little Compton, Warwickshire in 1960s[30]
CryptosaurusJurassic (late)Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire in [31]
CumnoriaJurassic (late)Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1879 [32]
DacentrurusJurassic (late)Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874[33]
DinodocusCretaceous (early)Hythe, Kent in 1840[34]
DracoraptorJurassic (early)Penarth, Wales in 2014[35]
DuriatitanJurassic (late)Sandsfoot, Weymouth, Dorset no later than 1874[36]
DuriavenatorJurassic (middle)Sherborne, Dorset in [37]
EchinodonCretaceous (early)Durdlestone Bay, Isle of Portland in [38]
EotyrannusCretaceous (early)Isle of Wight in 1995[39]
EucamerotusCretaceous (early)Brighstone, Isle of Wight no later than 1872[40]
EucercosaurusCretaceous (early)Trumpington, Cambridgeshire no later than 1879[41]
EustreptospondylusJurassic (mid)Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870[42]
GigantosaurusJurassic (late)Cottenham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43] Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1862Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1862
HaestasaurusCretaceous (early)Unknown location near Hastings, East Sussex in 1852[44]
HorshamosaurusCretaceous (early)Rudgwick Brickworks Company, Rudgwick, West Sussex in 1985[45]
HylaeosaurusCretaceous (early)Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46] Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826[47]

Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[48]

Bolney, West Sussex in 1851[49]

Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860[50]

Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874[51]

Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010

HypselospinusCretaceous (early)Shornden, East Sussex in 1886[52]
HypsilophodonCretaceous (early)Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849[53] Isle of Wight in 1979[54]
IguanodonCretaceous (early)Over 60 sites including:First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822
IliosuchusJurassic (middle)Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1880[55]
IuticosaurusCretaceous (early)Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1887[56]
JuratyrantJurassic (late)Dorset in 1984[57]
MantellisaurusCretaceous (early)Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834[58] Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917[59]

Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956

Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976[60]

Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989[61]

MegalosaurusJurassic (mid)Over 30 sites including:Tooth at Caswell, Oxfordshire in the 17th century,[62] lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676[63] and over 100 further bones found there from at least 7 individuals by 1911[64]
MetriacanthosaurusJurassic (late)Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871[65]
NeovenatorCretaceous (early)Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978
OwenodonCretaceous (early)Durlston Bay, Dorset in 1860[66]
PantydracoJurassic (early)Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952[67]
PelorosaurusCretaceous (early)Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822Upware, Cambridgeshire in 1883[68]
PolacanthusCretaceous (early)12 sites (9 on Isle of Wight, 2 in Sussex, 1 in Essex) including:First discovery (partial skeleton) at Barnes High, Isle of Wight in 1865[69]

Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979[70]

ProceratosaurusJurassic (mid)Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910[71]
RiparovenatorCretaceous (early)Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017
SaltopusTriassic (late)Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867[72]
SarcosaurusJurassic (early)Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921[73] Wilmcote, Warwickshire in 1908[74] and in 2004[75]
ScelidosaurusJurassic (early)Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s,[76] in 1955[77] and in 1985[78] Seatown, Dorset in 1987[79]
ThecodontosaurusTriassic (late)Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834[80] Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871[81]

Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889[82]

Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957[83]

Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s[84]

ValdosaurusCretaceous (early)Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842

Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855

Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975[85]

Isle of Wight in 2001

Horsham, West Sussex in 2009[86]

Langhurstwood Quarry, Warnham, West Sussex in 2011[87]

VectipeltaCretaceous (early)Isle of Wight in 1993[88] [89]

Timeline

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External links

Notes and References

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