Loricatosaurus

Loricatosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Loricatosaurus"


image_width =
fossil_range=Middle Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Thyreophora
infraordo = Stegosauria
familia = Stegosauridae
genus = "Loricatosaurus"
genus_authority = Maidment "et al.", 2008
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "L. priscus" Nopcsa, 1911 [originally "Stegosaurus priscus"] ) (type)

"Loricatosaurus" (meaning "armored lizard") is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur from Callovian-age (Middle Jurassic) rocks of England and France. It is known from remains previously assigned to "Lexovisaurus"; however, upon review of the material, Susannah Maidment and colleagues determined that "Lexovisaurus" was based upon nondiagnostic remains, and coined a new genus for the other specimens. The species name, "priscus", comes from the oldest name associated with diagnostic specimens, Baron Franz Nopcsa's "Stegosaurus" "priscus" of 1911. It is known from two partial skeletons. Contrary to previous reports (as "Lexovisaurus"), a shoulder spine is not present in the known material; the possible spine is more likely from the tail.cite journal |last=Maidment |first=Susannah C.R. |coauthors=Norman, David B.; Barrett, Paul M.; and Upchurch, Paul |year=in press |title=Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |doi=10.1017/S1477201908002459 |pages=1]

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